18 Sep 2011

Teen killed after police chase

6:01 pm on 18 September 2011

An Iranian teenager was killed in a car crash after a police pursuit in west Auckland early on Sunday.

He was one of five occupants of a stolen vehicle that crashed at about 1am on Hobsonville Road.

Police say they pursued the car after seeing it being driven erratically.

They lost sight of it after a three minute chase, but found it soon after on a residential driveway where it had rolled.

One of the car's occupants died at the scene.

A girl, 16, is in hospital with moderate injuries. Three other occupants have since been discharged.

Police are appealing for sightings of a blue Subaru station wagon in the Westgate area just before the crash.