A police pursuit ended in a car crash in the Dunedin suburb of Green Island on Wednesday morning.
An injured man has been pulled from a smoking car after a brief police pursuit in Dunedin.
The pursuit began about 8.15am on Wednesday in the suburb of Green Island, with a witness saying he saw a black Subaru sedan "flying".
That same vehicle soon crashed, bringing down a power pole, a wire fence and plunging three metres into an industrial yard on Main South Rd.
A car has crashed over a bank after a police pursuit in Dunedin.
Police at the scene were not in a position to comment, but the witness said a man was pulled out of the upturned vehicle, which was smoking.
He was taken to Dunedin Hospital.
Dunedin police area response manager Senior Sergeant Rebecca Hill said officers had tried to stop the vehicle to speak to the driver about a "family harm incident".
An injured man was pulled from a smoking car and taken to Dunedin Hospital.
"The vehicle fled police on Quarry Rd and crashed into a power pole after a very short time.
"No other vehicles were involved and no-one else was injured in the incident."
Police were speaking to the driver, whose injuries were not believed to be serious.
Contractors were working to clear the road.
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Source: Police pursuit ends with a 'flying' and 'smoking' car crash in Dunedin
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