A pedestrian was critically injured on a busy suburban road when a car hit a man early this morning.
The Fire Service, Police and St John Ambulance attended the incident in Great North Rd, New Lynn, West Auckland, at about 3.30am.
They found one person unconscious at the scene of the crash, a Fire Service spokesman said.
The critically-injured man was in his twenties, an Ambulance Northern Communications spokeswoman said.
The pedestrian was taken to Auckland Hospital's emergency department.