Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: Police concerned for welfare of fleeing driver
Location:
Waikato
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Ross Patterson, Area Manager: Investigations, Waikato Western Police:
Huntly Police are appealing for information about a driver who fled from Police on the early hours of Saturday, 3 March.
Just after midnight a Mazda 323 fled from Police between Horotiu and Huntly before the pursuit was abandoned near the Tainui Bridge in Huntly, where the driver jumped into the river.
The driver was seen swimming north in the river before disappearing from view.