Location:
Central

Police have filed charges against two teenage boys after a fleeing driver crash that left a Palmerston North officer critically injured. 

The officer, a Constable based in Palmerston North, was deploying road spikes on Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road about 2am on Saturday, when the vehicle hit him, throwing him several metres. He was airlifted to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition, while a second officer was treated for minor injuries.

Central District Commander Superintendent Dion Bennett said the officer is being well looked after in hospital.