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Auckland man arrested after vehicle loses control, smashes into truck after dangerous stunt

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NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Fri, 21 Feb 2025, 3:24pm

Auckland man arrested after vehicle loses control, smashes into truck after dangerous stunt

Author
NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Fri, 21 Feb 2025, 3:24pm
  • Footage shows a vehicle performing burnouts at an Auckland intersection before crashing into a truck.
  • The crash happened at the intersection of Massey and Robertson roads
  • A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged.

Police say a man has been arrested after a vehicle doing burnouts crashed into a truck in South Auckland.

Footage posted to TikTok this week showed a silver Toyota Altezza speeding off at a red light into the middle of the wet Massey and Robertson Roads intersection, where the driver lost traction and performed a doughnut.

As other vehicles waited at the intersection, the driver performed two more doughnuts before crashing into a white truck.

An onlooker could be heard saying “No!” as the silver Altezza smashed into the corner of the truck, bending the car’s bonnet in two.

Police told the Herald they arrested a man after a crash in Mangere East early Tuesday morning.

“Police received a report of a vehicle allegedly conducting skids at the intersection of Massey and Robertson roads,” Counties Manukau West Police Senior Sergeant Steve Albrey said.

“The vehicle collided with a stationary truck and fled the scene. It was later located abandoned in the nearby area.”

Police arrested a 19-year-old man later that morning.

He has been charged with making a false statement, dangerous driving and operating a vehicle causing sustained loss of traction.

He will appear in the Manukau District Court on February 25.

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