{"id":607775,"date":"2026-09-22T03:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/607775\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T03:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:16:18","slug":"pedestrian-dies-after-crash-in-aucklands-pakuranga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/607775\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian dies after crash in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pedestrian has died after a crash involving a vehicle in east Auckland last night.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to reports of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Pakuranga Rd shortly after 9pm.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/emergency-services-were-called-to-the-crash-on-pakuranga-rd-JKKMEAR4P5DJ7AZRHGPZA7YGQQ.png\" alt=\"Emergency services were called to the crash on Pakuranga Rd shortly after 9pm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Emergency services were called to the crash on Pakuranga Rd shortly after 9pm. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, despite best efforts, the pedestrian died at the scene,&#8221; a police spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p>St John said it sent one ambulance, one rapid response vehicle and one manager to the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/emergency-services-were-called-to-the-crash-on-pakuranga-rd-KMNLV6X7PJAUXHCIEC33S2BQWU.png\" alt=\"Emergency services were called to the crash on Pakuranga Rd shortly after 9pm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Emergency services were called to the crash on Pakuranga Rd shortly after 9pm. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>The serious crash unit attended and inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash were ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including National&#8217;s attack ad backfires, and a terrifying collision at sea (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian has died after a crash involving a vehicle in east Auckland last night. Emergency services were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1081,51,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-607775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-accident","tag-auckland","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607775","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=607775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}