The car crashed in down the road in Melbourne St shortly after fleeing police in Hillside Rd. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
A man died after fleeing police in a car with a group who had just burgled a south Dunedin bottle shop of six crates of beer.
The manager of Bottle-O Hillside Rd, who declined to be named, said it was tragic someone had died following the burglary.
“What a waste for $300,” he said.
Two others who were in the car that fled police are seriously injured. Police would not immediately confirm if it was the driver or a passenger who had died.
The manager said the group of five people, understood to be young men, broke into the store shortly after 1am Saturday using “three-foot bolt cutters”.