An attempted vehicle theft has ended with one man in hospital with a life-threatening head injury.
Police responded to a report of a car heist on the motorway-end of Te Atatu Rd in west Auckland just after 4am.
A police spokeswoman said a person had reportedly found two men breaking into their vehicle.
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