{"id":581859,"date":"2026-08-27T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581859\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:48:16","slug":"stolen-car-smashes-into-palmerston-north-home-after-police-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581859\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen car smashes into Palmerston North home after police pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A stolen car was embedded into a Palmerston North house and abandoned by its injured driver after crashing through a brick fence following a brief police pursuit today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">A police spokesperson said officers saw a car being driven erratically on Amberly Ave, Awapuni shortly before midday and began a pursuit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The chase was abandoned however, due to the manner of the vehicle being driven.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a-car-after-crashing-into-a-home-in-palmerston-north-C36CP5W5QZBDDGAVK7XHERX4FU.jpg\" alt=\"A car after crashing into a home in Palmerston North.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A car after crashing into a home in Palmerston North. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police were subsequently called to Strachan Way after receiving reports the car had hit a brick fence and crashed into a property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Vision from the scene showed a black vehicle smashed through a brick fence and into the side of a house, with its front end caved in and windscreen shattered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The driver fled the scene and located by police as they ran away from officers,&#8221; a spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The driver was injured and was taken to hospital, police added. The vehicle had since been removed from the house. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a-tow-truck-removes-a-car-from-a-property-in-awapuni-palmers-LDDZMM2TPJEBRGN6O2URB4GSTQ.png\" alt=\"A tow truck removes a car from a property in Awapuni, Palmerston North.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A tow truck removes a car from a property in Awapuni, Palmerston North. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police said inquiries determined the car had been stolen the previous day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Investigations into the circumstances of the incident remained ongoing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stolen car was embedded into a Palmerston North house and abandoned by its injured driver after crashing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,31044,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-581859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-manawatu-wanganui","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581859","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=581859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}