8 Jun 2025

Women and dogs injured in hit and run north of Auckland

7:48 pm on 8 June 2025
RNZ/Reece Baker

File photo. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

Two women and their dogs were injured in a hit-and-run in north Auckland on Sunday, with one of the dogs still missing.

Emergency services were called to Attwood Road in Paremoremo about 7:10am after a reports of a white ute striking two pedestrians.

Both women were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries and another with moderate injuries.

One of the dogs was seriously injured and taken to a vet, but another went missing after the collision.

Police have asked anyone with information about the vehicle or its driver - who fled the scene without stopping - to call the police on call 105.

He said the white ute was travelling towards Paremoremo Road and was likely damaged in the collision.

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