Two people critically injured after car collides with power pole

8:05 am on 4 January 2025
A police car

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Two people have been taken to hospital with critical injuries after a car collided with a power pole in Auckland on Saturday morning.

Police said they were notified at 5.35am about the incident on Gilbert Road in Ōtara.

St John attended the scene with two ambulances and a First Response Unit.

Traffic management is in place.

"It looks like traffic is being diverted at the intersections of Gilbert Road and Lappington Road, and Gilbert Road and Franich Street," a police spokesperson said.

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