A large crowd of boy racers and onlookers blocked Auckland’s Quay St after a three-car crash on Saturday night.
A police spokesperson said at around 9.40pm a car crashed into the back of an unoccupied parked car which as a result, was shunted into another parked car.
The three wrecked vehicles in the eastbound lanes were surrounded by about 100 young people taking photos and videos.
“The driver of the offending vehicle received a cut to his arm,” a police spokesperson said.
A witness described the crowd as “a huge swarm of young people, almost all in their 20s, gathering around three completely totalled cars.
“Everyone in the crowd of maybe 100 people just seemed amazed at the drama of the scene and how badly wrecked the cars were,” the witness said.
The scene caused lengthy traffic delays on the road.
Some members of the public began redirecting some of that traffic on to the opposite side of the road.
Eventually, members of the crowd began to move the wrecked cars.
“Two of the cars surprisingly started and did still drive. One had its bumper fall off as it was moved.”
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