{"id":227908,"date":"2026-01-11T07:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:38:13","slug":"man-injured-after-crashing-car-into-house-then-running-from-scene-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227908\/","title":{"rendered":"Man injured after crashing car into house then running from scene in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Christchurch police have arrested a man after a vehicle crashed into a power pole and then a house on Frankleigh Street in Somerfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The incident occurred just after 3am, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-11-at-11.25.00-AM.png.webp.webp\" alt=\"Photo: Daniel van Kessel \/ photo copyright and may not be repurposed \" width=\"958\" height=\"538\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-46360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Daniel van Kessel \/ photo copyright and may not be repurposed<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The driver then attempted to flee the scene but was located a short time later not far from the crash site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He has been summonsed to appear in the Christchurch District Court on driving related charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, St John said they responded with an ambulance, a rapid response unit, and a manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46362\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-11-at-11.24.48-AM.png.webp.webp\" alt=\"Photo: Daniel van Kessel \/ photo copyright and may not be repurposed \" width=\"962\" height=\"542\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-46362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Daniel van Kessel \/ photo copyright and may not be repurposed<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Crews assessed and treated the patient, who was then transported to Christchurch Hospital in a moderate condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christchurch police have arrested a man after a vehicle crashed into a power pole and then a house&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[373,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-227908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}