Four teenage girls were allegedly fighting and knocking over tables at an Auckland cafe shortly before they were critically injured in a crash following a one-minute police pursuit.
The girls, two aged 16 and two aged 17, had to be cut from the car after it hit a concrete median strip and lost control before crashing into a concrete block wall on Kepa Rd late last night.
Police said the pursuit lasted about one minute.
It came after police received multiple calls about the behaviour of a group of girls in and around a coffee shop in Mission Bay about 11pm.
Inspector Andy Brill of police northern communications said there were reports of disorder and fighting.
"There was a fair bit of uproar down in the Mission Bay area with these people earlier on," he said.
"They were fighting in there, knocking over tables and carrying on. There was all sorts of bedlam going on."
Auckland police District Commander Superintendent Michael Clement said a police patrol located the car the girls were in and established it had been stolen from Green Bay on Saturday.
Police tried to stop the car as it left Paritai Drive but the driver immediately accelerated and drove up Kepa Rd.
All four occupants suffered critical injuries in the crash and had to be cut from the car.
They were taken to Auckland Hospital.
Mr Clement said next of kin had been told and were now at the hospital.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash and will notify the Independent Police Conduct Authority this morning.
They are seeking witnesses to the behaviour in Mission Bay and the driver's behaviour as the vehicle was driven from Tamaki Drive, up Ngapipi Rd and on to Kepa Road.
