10 Oct 2011

Man dead after police pursuit

3:11 pm on 10 October 2011

A man has died in hospital following a police pursuit in Opunake, in Taranaki.

Police say the driver from New Plymouth appeared to deliberately ram a parked police car with his vehicle before fleeing the area just after 7.30pm on Sunday.

Another police officer found the car after it crashed into a power pole.