Two men have been arrested this morning and will appear in the Palmerston North District Court on a number of charges after failing to stop for Police.
Around 7.00am a member of the public reported suspicious activity at a local business in Church Street and as the Police were attending a vehicle left the location. The Police vehicle signalled for the driver of the vehicle to pull over and stop which he refused to do.
A high speed chase began and when the speed of the offending vehicle began increasing the Police patrol abandoned their pursuit.
A short time later the offending driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed at the intersection of Botanical Road and Featherston Street, damaging the traffic lights and a fence.
The two occupants of the offending vehicle were uninjured and were arrested.
Media enquiries should be referred to the Central District Command Center, 063512535.
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