New Zealand / Regional

Man drives into wastewater canal

18:31 pm on 18 May 2013

A man has been injured after his car got stuck in a wastewater canal that flows from an Auckland sewage treatment plant.

Police say his car went into the canal in Mangere and he's being treated for minor injuries.

They say there was only a small amount of wastewater in the ditch and the car was able to be towed.