Person dies after being hit by vehicle

A person has died on the footpath after a vehicle was driven into them in Glen Eden, Auckland. A witness, Garrett Raven-wells, saw the event unfold. He said it looked like the vehicle purposely hit the person and drove away just after midday. A Stuff reporter at the scene described the atmosphere as ‘‘tense’’. Detective Inspector Tim Williams said police responded to a serious incident after receiving reports of a disorder at 12.18pm in a car park off Glendale Rd. ‘‘At one point, a vehicle has struck one person and then fled the scene ... Our inquiries are still in the very early stages in establishing what has exactly occurred in this incident,’’ Williams said.