{"id":617430,"date":"2026-10-01T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617430\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:02:09","slug":"forklift-zips-down-residential-street-pursued-by-police-in-weymouth-south-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617430\/","title":{"rendered":"Forklift zips down residential street, pursued by police in Weymouth, South Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"
The getaway driver made a dash on the forklift through the yard and smashed through the gates, which had now been closed, to escape.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuckily he has not hit any workers who were in the yard at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The forklift in question was later seen stopped near a driveway with damage to its tyres. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
He continued down Roscommon Rd in the forklift. <\/p>\n
The police Eagle helicopter monitored the driver as he headed to Weymouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnits have successfully spiked the rear tyres, which was no easy task,\u201d McCarthy said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe forklift managed to travel a short distance further before coming to a stop on Hazards Rd.\u201d <\/p>\n
The driver then attempted to run off but surrendered quickly once units arrived and was taken into custody. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle no one was hurt, this was reckless behaviour and this man will now face the consequences of his actions in court,\u201d McCarthy said. <\/p>\n
A 39-year-old man will appear in the Manukau District Court today charged with burglary, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, failing to stop, driving while disqualified and driving with excess breath alcohol.<\/p>\n
\u2018What a racket\u2019<\/p>\n
A resident who filmed the incident told the Herald it woke her and her husband up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a racket, plus the helicopter was out too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do get a few strange things happening on the street and in the area. This was probably the most entertaining for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the forklift eventually came to a stop near a driveway and later spotted a tow truck picking it up just after 8am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The getaway driver made a dash on the forklift through the yard and smashed through the gates, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,682,3595,20491,6097,2245,300598,78,1304,111,43,139,69,675,188013,15508,530,1240,4736,5424,58933,1961,3608,304119,8211,304118],"class_list":["post-617430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-by","tag-chased","tag-down","tag-early","tag-forklift","tag-in","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-police","tag-pursued","tag-residential","tag-residents","tag-south","tag-stolen","tag-street","tag-suburban","tag-this","tag-were","tag-weymouth","tag-woken","tag-zips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617430","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=617430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}