29 Jan 2022

Three injured after driver fleeing police hits car in Christchurch

2:27 pm on 29 January 2022

Three people have been injured after a motorist fleeing police smashed into another car in central Christchurch early this morning.

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File photo. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

A police spokesperson said the driver is alleged to have stolen a car from a house in Rangiora and failed to stop for police shortly after 1am.

The vehicle crashed into a power pole and another car at the intersection of Bealey Avenue and Manchester Street, leaving two people with moderate injuries and a third with minor injuries.

No arrests have been made yet.

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