Ute smashes through wall of Auckland home in Māngere East on Massey Rd in early morning crash

A ute driver has some questions to answer after crashing through the wall of an Auckland home in Mangere East. Photo / Hayden Woodward

A driver has ploughed a dual cab ute through the wall of an Auckland home, leaving the vehicle half inside the house.

Photos show the ute’s bonnet crumpled after the it punched through the Massey Road home’s exterior wall in Māngere East at about 12.40am today.

Police are now talking to the driver about the early morning crash and are “awaiting the results of blood tests”, a police spokesman said.

The driver was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

“Thankfully nobody was home at the time of the crash, however the property suffered moderate damage,” the spokesman said.

Luckily no one was home at the Mangere East home at the time and the driver suffered only moderate injuries. Photo / Hayden Woodward

He said inquiries are ongoing into the crash.

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