A police pursuit in Napier's southern suburbs ended in a fiery crash on Willowbank Ave. Photo / Paul Taylor
A 20-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping after a large-scale police pursuit in Napier on Thursday.
The man was set to appear in Hastings District Court on Friday facing charges of kidnapping, male assaults female, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, reckless driving and failing to stop.
The police
pursuit in Napier's southern suburbs that led to the man's arrest ended in a fiery crash on Thursday after police succeeded in at least the third attempt to force the rogue driver and vehicle off the road.
The chase, mainly through Marewa, ended when a patrol car forced the vehicle off Willowbank Rd and into a farm fence about 2.15pm.
Moments earlier, police spiked the vehicle's tyres in Nuffield Ave and then, followed by several police vehicles, the fleeing car lost a tyre as it rounded a corner into Creagh St, just missing a drain-cleaning truck and its crew.
