A 13-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a horror crash in rural Canterbury in the early hours of this morning that injured seven people.
A "suspicious" car travelling through Rolleston just south of Christchurch brought the attention of police at 4.22am.
Officers tried to stop the vehicle but it took off, starting a pursuit that was abandoned soon after "due to the nature of driving".
About 17 minutes later, the car was found more than 30km away by police on Bridge St in Rakaia.
It appears the car had struck a fence and rolled.