Police officers didn’t have to travel too far to find an offender in Whangārei after a police car was involved in a head-on crash on Friday night.
A 31-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault and driving-related offences, following the incident near the Mobil petrol station on Walton St.
The incident began at about 8.20pm when a man was observed allegedly assaulting a woman and getting into the driver’s seat, as the woman got out of the car and on to the forecourt.
The man allegedly accelerated to leave, ramming into a police vehicle arriving at the scene.
