{"id":71497,"date":"2025-10-11T06:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/71497\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T06:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:25:08","slug":"auckland-e-scooter-rider-critically-injured-in-collision-with-car-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/71497\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland e-scooter rider critically injured in collision with car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An electric scooter rider has been critically injured following a collision with a car in central Auckland this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were called to the intersection of Mount St and Symonds St at 4.05pm today.<\/p>\n<p>Officers could be seen inspecting the e-scooter, which was broken in half between the handlebars and riding deck, according to a 1News reporter at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-scooter-damaged-following-a-collision-with-a-car-in-auckla-CM4KP7GTJFHG7BQJS2OP5QYRAQ.jpg\" alt=\"A scooter damaged following a collision with a car in Auckland central.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A scooter damaged following a collision with a car in Auckland central. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists and pedestrians are asked to follow the directions of emergency services staff at the scene,&#8221; a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The road is closed in both directions from Wellesley St to Mount St.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police-officers-inspect-damage-to-a-car-following-a-crash-wi-JT3FCCYYGZCADHO4POXVWORCKI.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers inspect damage to a car following a crash with an e-scooter rider in Auckland central.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police officers inspect damage to a car following a crash with an e-scooter rider in Auckland central. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Detours are in place for bus routes 70, 22N, 22R, 24R, 25L, 27W, 75, 24B, 25B, 27H, and NX2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760163908_19_an-e-scooter-on-the-road-following-a-collision-with-a-car-in-UYRHISRL3VHSXPGWBJTMDIDSCM.jpg\" alt=\"An e-scooter on the road following a collision with a car in central Auckland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">An e-scooter on the road following a collision with a car in central Auckland. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>The crash is the second involving an e-scooter rider in Auckland in recent days, 1News understands. <\/p>\n<p>Around 1.42am on Friday, an e-scooter rider was critically injured after colliding with a car on Gillies Ave in Epsom.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was left with a damaged windscreen in the crash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760163908_525_the-windshield-of-a-car-is-cracked-following-a-collision-wit-GYEOOAXEYVCTXJ55DUUX3KMVCQ.jpg\" alt=\"The windshield of a car is cracked following a collision with an e-scooter rider in Auckland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">The windshield of a car is cracked following a collision with an e-scooter rider in Auckland. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Hato Hone St John said they were notified of the incident around 12.42am.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One ambulance, one rapid response unit, and two operations managers attended,&#8221; a spokesperson told 1News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One patient, in critical condition, was transported to Auckland City Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An electric scooter rider has been critically injured following a collision with a car in central Auckland this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1081,51,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-71497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-accident","9":"tag-auckland","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71497","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=71497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}