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A man is in hospital after allegedly colliding with a police car with a stolen vehicle and shooting at police officers in Feilding.
Police say the 30-year-old man was arrested for a series of crimes in Horowhenua and Manawatu on Monday night.
The man allegedly failed to stop his car for police in Foxton around 5.30pm and then, after no chase began, he returned, firing a shot at an officer, who was unharmed.
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Police remove a person from one of the vehicles involved after the accident.
Police say he then hijacked another car at gunpoint, before driving to Feilding, where officers used spikes from the road to stop him.
“Just after passing over the peaks, the man was seen driving directly into a parked patrol car at high speed, firing another shot at police immediately before crashing into the patrol,” said Inspector Nigel Allan, Acting District Commander. Central..
The man was pulled from the car by a fire team and transported to Palmerston North Hospital in serious condition.
Witnesses have described the shooting and the strong collision between the car and a police vehicle.
Richard Calverley, who was visiting family in the city, said a dinner Monday night was interrupted by the sound of sirens rapidly approaching down a nearby highway before a massive accident.
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Witnesses said multiple shots were fired after the collision.
“Concerned about injuries, we ran to see,” he said.
“And then there were shots. The neighbors called us to go back to the house.”
Police said the weapon had been found.
“This was an extraordinarily difficult and dangerous situation for our staff who were faced with a highly mobile criminal who was allegedly shot twice at the police,” Allan said.
The man is expected to face several serious charges.
