One man is in custody and another is evading arrest after police pursued a stolen vehicle for more than two hours.
The vehicle, a blue Subaru sedan was recently reported stolen from Taupo. At around 11am this morning the vehicle and its two male occupants were at a petrol station in Whanganui where they have driven off without paying for petrol.
Police were notified and followed the vehicle as it left Whanganui. The vehicle has not complied with Police instructions and has driven to Feilding and Halcombe. Along the way Police have deployed road spikes but these were unsuccessful.
Officers did not constantly pursue the vehicle for public safety reasons but a helicopter was deployed to follow the vehicle from the air.
The vehicle has driven to Palmerston North where it has crashed into another vehicle on Ferguson Street.
The two men have run from the vehicle and been pursued by officers on foot. One man is now in custody and the other is being tracked by officers in the CBD area.
Further information will be released once it becomes available.
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