Police block Great North Rd, Avondale amid emergency response, one hospitalised

One person has moderate injuries after a reported stabbing and car crash during rush hour on Great North Rd and Ash St in Avondale, Auckland.

Police have arrested one person after they were called to the scene at 4.50pm.

Traffic has backed up about 2.5km to the Northwestern Motorway ramp after police closed the road.

One person on the scene had injuries “consistent with a stab wound” and was taken to hospital, a police spokesman said.

“The alleged offender was located a short time later and taken into custody.”

St John Ambulance sent one ambulance, an operations manager and a rapid response vehicle to the scene.

Ash St, between Great North and Rosebank Rds in Avondale, Auckland, is closed after a car crash and stabbing. Photo / Hamish Leys

Police said a section of Ash St between Great North and Rosebank Rds was closed while police examined the scene of the two-car crash. Police believe the vehicles in the crash were linked to those involved in the stabbing.

There was no threat to the wider public, police said, and inquiries into the circumstances would continue.

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