Police chase ends with wanted driver hitting bus

3:07 pm on 29 March 2018

A driver is in custody after a car chase through central Auckland today.

A police car parked on the street.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

The chase began after police tried to stop a car in Upper Queen Street, and they gave up the pursuit a short time later on the grounds that it was too dangerous.

The chase was resumed when the car was spotted again by a patrol and it came to an end with the vehicle hitting a bus and injuring a pedestrian.

The pedestrian had minor injuries and didn't need hospital treatment.