A horse has died at the scene of a crash in Hamilton in which a driver, believed to be drunk, refused to stop for a police and crashed the stolen vehicle and horse float he was towing.
At 6.37pm Thursday police received a driving complaint about an intoxicated man swerving a car towing a horse float containing two horses in the Waikato region.
The 26-year-old man has been arrested on a number of theft charges relating to the vehicle and the horses.
He will face further charges relating to the care and treatment of the horses, as well as a number of driving-related charges, Police said.
Police located the car and indicated for the driver to pull over on Killarney Rd.