The driver whose failure to stop caused a fatal crash in the wake of a police pursuit in Taupō was "a motivated offender who did not want to be caught", police say. He said that at this stage the relationship between the driver, and his passenger who died the in the crash, was unknown. McGregor said driver was not the subject to an arrest warrant at the time of the crash, but reiterated he was a "motivated offender that didn't want to stop". "The consequences of something you fear will be a lot less than if you get into a high speed pursuit and crash. The fatal crash police were attending at the time of the pursuit occurred at 11.40pm on Thursday.

Source: Stuff January 23, 2020 19:01 UTC