{"id":557630,"date":"2026-08-03T13:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557630\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:03:16","slug":"johnsonville-crash-driver-arrested-after-fleeing-on-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557630\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnsonville crash: Driver arrested after fleeing on foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LBVXE765QRCHXCI5VJ5FKIGRZY.png\" alt=\"Zeb Tupa'i\" class=\"rounded-full object-cover h-[3.4375rem] w-[3.4375rem] min-w-[3.4375rem]\" data-test-ui=\"author--details__image\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/zeb-tupai\/\" class=\"text-sys-text-dark underline underline-offset-3\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" data-test-ui=\"author--link\" target=\"_blank\">Zeb Tupa&#8217;i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multimedia Journalist\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7<\/p>\n<p>3 Aug, 2026 07:35 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">A driver involved in a crash in Johnsonville attempted to flee on foot but was arrested nearby. Photo \/ NZME<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A driver who smashed into a parked car before rolling their vehicle has been arrested after fleeing the crash on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emergency services went to the crash on Moorefield Rd, Johnsonville, Wellington, about 5pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Police said the driver was arrested nearby after leaving the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         A Fire and<br \/>\n         Emergency New Zealand shift manager said crews from Johnsonville and Thorndon responded to the two-vehicle crash, which had blocked the road and disrupted traffic.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">Inquiries into the crash were ongoing, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zeb Tupa&#8217;i Multimedia Journalist\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7 3 Aug, 2026 07:35 AMQuick Read \u200c Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,11924,1558,9218,3549,19552,15037,6541,296,129866,111,43,139,69,90,26227,47788,50643,165,6845],"class_list":["post-557630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-arrested","tag-been","tag-before","tag-crash","tag-driver","tag-fleeing","tag-foot","tag-into","tag-johnsonville","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-parked","tag-rolling","tag-smashed","tag-their","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630","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=557630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}