Weed spray buggy at centre of Whanganui street fracas

A weed-sprayer buggy was part of a fracas in Whanganui on Thursday.

A Whanganui man claims he was driven into by a weed-sprayer's buggy during an altercation.

Police confirmed they attended a breach of the peace, which involved a fight between three men, about 4.30pm on Manuka St in Castlecliff on Thursday.

A Castlecliff resident, who did not want to be named, said a worker was driving the buggy along the footpath spraying weeds.

The resident approached the worker to say he did not want the spray on his lawn.

"He just decided to run me over. I was either going under it or over it, so I went over it. I was holding on for dear life," the resident claimed.

However, he admitted he might have come across as aggressive when he approached the worker.

"I told him to reverse his vehicle, go on the road and resume spraying up on the corner."

The resident was concerned the wind would take the substance, which he assumed was Roundup, a long way.

"I have a young family, children were about to come out from school. I don't want them rolling around and playing in stuff like that," he said.

Another resident also got involved when he attempted to break up the altercation.

Whanganui District Council, which contracts the weed-spraying, said if there was evidence of an alleged incident, it needed to be reported to general manager infrastructure Mark Hughes in writing.