16 Apr 2009

Car smashes into Ngaruawahia cafe

7:01 am on 16 April 2009

Police in Ngaruawahia are searching for the occupants of a car which crashed into a local cafe, then drove away.

The car lost control crashing through a fence and hitting the cafe just before 3am on Thursday.

It was then spotted at a nearby BP service station.

The police say the car - possibly a Mazda Familia - left a hole where it struck the building, though the full extent of the damage to the cafe has not yet been determined.