Hit and run during police chase

A police chase ended with a pedestrian being struck on Cashel Street in Christchurch overnight.

Shortly after 1am this morning a police patrol tried to stop a stolen Subaru in the Christchurch CBD.

The car accelerated away before losing control, striking and injuring a pedestrian and then hitting four parked cars.

Both occupants of the car fled the scene, with a 23-year-old man apprehended a short distance away, police said.

He will appear in Christchurch District Court today.

The other occupant of the car is still at large.

The 28-year-old woman who was hit by the car suffered fractures and lacerations and is in a stable condition in Christchurch Hospital.

- NZ HERALD STAFF