Southern Motorway crash – update

Police received information about a vehicle of interest travelling onto the motorway from Mt Wellington shortly after 9am.

The Police Eagle helicopter was dispatched to the area and began to monitor the vehicle from overhead.

The vehicle exited the motorway and was observed by Eagle driving erratically through parts of the Flat Bush area, on multiple occasions putting members of the public at risk.

Police staff on the ground in the area were monitoring updates of the vehicle’s location, but at no point was a pursuit initiated.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.