By rnz.co.nz

Two people have been injured and taken to hospital following an incident in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu.

A police car

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Auckland Transport says the section of Avenue Road, between Atkinson Avenue and Church Street, has been closed.

One patient was seriously injured and another was moderately injured, St John ambulance said.

Both have been taken to Middlemore Hospital.