{"id":334621,"date":"2026-03-17T21:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:52:07","slug":"e-scooter-rider-critically-injured-after-rush-hour-crash-with-vehicle-in-aucklands-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334621\/","title":{"rendered":"E-scooter rider critically injured after rush-hour crash with vehicle in Auckland\u2019s CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"
An electric scooter was seen crumpled in the middle of the road, with shoes and clothing scattered nearby.<\/p>\n
Cordons were earlier put in place on Mayoral Dr near the intersections with Greys Ave and Cook St, as well as at the intersection with Hobson St and Cook St.<\/p>\n
St John responded with one ambulance and one rapid response vehicle. <\/p>\n
A spokesperson said one patient was assessed at the scene by the ambulance crew and was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n
Motorists were asked to avoid the area if possible.<\/p>\n
The cordons were lifted around two hours after the crash, with traffic able to use the central city roads just before 9am. <\/p>\n
The Serious Crash Unit is conducting a scene examination and said the crash investigation will continue, the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n
This morning at the cordon, officers blocked off a section of four normally busy downtown Auckland streets. <\/p>\n
An intersection on Mayoral Dr, Auckland, has been cordoned off after a serious accident involving an e-scooter and a car this morning.<\/p>\n
Around a dozen police were at the Mayoral Dr intersection where the accident happened, piecing together movements of both vehicles prior to the collision. <\/p>\n
A vehicle parked outside the former Auckland Police Station was being investigated by officers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An electric scooter was seen crumpled in the middle of the road, with shoes and clothing scattered nearby.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,3952,1558,31426,1853,3549,12939,14037,115286,78,10933,1304,111,43,139,69,1071,179435,56574,1961,6845,102],"class_list":["post-334621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-been","tag-cbd","tag-central","tag-crash","tag-critically","tag-electric","tag-escooter","tag-in","tag-injured","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rider","tag-rushhour","tag-scooter","tag-this","tag-vehicle","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334621","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=334621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}