A 20-year-old man is fighting for this life after being hit by a police car in Taranaki.
Police said the man ran into the path of the patrol car while it was attending a callout in Hawera just after midnight.
Acting District Commander Inspector Ross McKay says the driver was "not undertaking urgent duty driving" at the time.
Two police officers in the car were uninjured, and administered first aid at the scene.
The injured man was flown to Hawera Hospital and then to Wellington Hospital. He is in a critical condition.
