Bridge St, Rakaia, where a stolen Mazda Demio with eight young people inside crashed early on Sunday morning. Youths were catapulted from an overloaded, stolen car that crashed at high speed after evading police. Police pursued the car after it sped from the forecourt at BP Connect, Rolleston, south-west of Christchurch, shortly before 4.30am on Sunday. Andy Jackson/Stuff A stolen car carrying eight people crashed south of Christchurch after evading police. The car, which had been stolen from the Rolleston area hours earlier, was travelling in excess of the speed limit at the time of the crash.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2020 01:30 UTC