Police attended a single vehicle crash on Whakatu Drive at 10 past six last night.

But they say a man then fled the scene in another vehicle.

A 38-year-old is due to appear in Nelson District Court next month.

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04 Nov: The missing tramper found dead on the West Coast over the weekend, is understood to be a 27-year-old German

04 Nov: People in Kaikoura are being urged to look for nationally vulnerable Hutton's shearwater birds, which may have crash landed

03 Nov: Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors

26 Oct: A man's been sentenced to two months community detention and 12 months supervision - after assaulting a Nelson dairy owner over a pack of cigarettes

24 Oct: A man will remain in custody after a standoff with Nelson police and allegedly threatening to blow up buildings

23 Oct: A person's been arrested following a Police incident in Nelson

23 Oct: Nelson Hospital's currently running on generator supply while the network power is being re-established

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