Three people are in hospital after a car crashed into pedestrians by the University of Auckland.
The police said it appears that a vehicle has hit a pedestrian and a tree on Symonds Street about noon on Monday.
Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel
The crash is still under investigation, but drugs or alcohol may have been a factor, police said.
On Monday afternoon, police said two people remained in a serious condition in hospital after the car mounted the footpath outside the university's engineering school building.
Another person had been discharged while two others were treated at the scene although police said they were not able to confirm whether there were students involved.
Earlier in the day, St John said it transported three people, two in moderate conditions and one in a serious condition, to Auckland City Hospital.
They also treated one person at the scene who did not need to be hospitalised.
The University of Auckland said it was offering support to staff and students affected by the crash.
Stephen Dimapilis, a university student who witnessed the crash, said he saw the car coming down Symonds street and "swerving" in the way it was driven, before it hit pedestrians on the pavement.
"I see a car coming out of control, and then he crashed into two people and one person was under the car, and the other person - I saw him literally flying. So I was just speechless I didn't know what to think of."
A person has been critically injured, and two others moderately injured after a crash in the Auckland CBD. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel
He said the two injured people he saw appeared like they were in their 20s.
"Honestly, I was just speechless and I didn't know what to think of, but all im gonna say is like God bless NZ, because that could've been me or someone, a person that I love," he said.
Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel
Dimapilis said the car appeared to be driving above the 40kph speed limit on Symonds Street.
Symonds Street was closed between Wellesley Street and Grafton Road, and diversions were in place with police still at the scene.
Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel
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