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The father of a South Korean student struck down in a hit-and-run during a police chase is due in Auckland today.
He will be accompanied by a professor from the Korean university that the student, named only as Mr Choi, is attending, a Korean consulate spokeswoman said yesterday.
Mr Choi, 24, was crossing the Queen St-Mayoral Drive intersection in central Auckland with friends about 12.30am on Tuesday when hit by a stolen car driven by a man trying to escape police.
After surgery in Auckland City Hospital, his condition yesterday was described as critical but stable.
His mother, still in shock, would not be on the flight to New Zealand, the consulate spokeswoman said.
She said the professor was an English-speaker who knew Auckland well, having spent time in the city.
The consulate has not disclosed Mr Choi's first names or which university he attends.
Police said they were still searching for the driver of the stolen car, who was described as a tall European with a shaved head and wearing a black windbreaker-type jacket and jeans. The car was abandoned on the corner of Emily Place and Customs St.
- NZPA
