Neighbours in an upmarket central Auckland street where two people were found critically injured in a car this morning say the area is a popular spot for people drinking and playing music from vehicles.
Two people were rushed to hospital after emergency services converged on Garnet Rd in Westmere about 8.55am today.
Police say the pair are tonight in a stable condition.
Several police cars and ambulances rushed to the waterfront cul-de-sac this morning at the bottom of Garnet Rd.
Neighbours said they heard a man screaming “at the top of his lungs” inside a car that was surrounded by emergency services.
A police spokesperson said two people were found in a car in critical condition and were transported to hospital.
“Police are making some general inquiries into the matter,” the spokesperson said.
Neighbours spoken to tonight said people often parked up in the cul-de-sac to drink and play music.
Vehicles sometimes did burnouts on the road.
“It happens all the time where cars will park on the street, spin their tyres, play really loud music and race up and down the street — we hate that,” she said.
“I wish we had speed bumps on the road.”
One neighbour said there had been a couple of instances where people had been spotted walking up the street high on methamphetamine.
“There was one guy who was yelling obscenities in the night, kicking in every car as he went up the street and there was blood on the cars in the morning.”
One of the homes closest to the parking area where the two injured people were discovered has a large pole with security cameras monitoring the property and surrounding area.
In a video supplied by nearby residents, the man’s yelling can be heard and several police officers and a paramedic were seen reaching into the black car, attempting to pull the man out.
The neighbour said the man resisted the efforts of emergency workers.
“He was resisting like hell and screaming,” he said. “I think they sedated him.”
At first, the neighbour believed they were moving a dead body but the man “went ballistic” when police approached the car.
The neighbour said he had “never seen anything like that”.
A St John spokesperson said the service sent two ambulances and a rapid-response vehicle just before 9am.
The circumstances around the death are being treated as unexplained.