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DAVID WALKER / STUFF
A police officer and two motorists suffered serious injuries during a car accident in South Auckland on Good Friday (file photo).
Three people, including a police dog handler, were seriously injured after a fleeing vehicle collided with a police car in Auckland.
Police attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle on Gainsborough St, Manurewa, shortly after 11 p.m. on Good Friday.
Inspector Daniel Meade said the vehicle fled before police could start a chase.
The fleeing vehicle accelerated through a T-intersection directly in the path of another police vehicle responding to the same incident.
An officer and his dog were in the second vehicle, which was badly damaged in the collision, he said.
The police officer suffered serious injuries, the two occupants of the escaping vehicle were also seriously injured.
The dog was uninjured in the incident.
The Serious Accident Unit attended the scene and the Independent Police Conduct Authority will be notified.
