No charges have been laid.
A 50-year-old Arrowtown man crashed on the Kawarau bridge at 3.45pm on Thursday. Acting Sergeant Logan Dickie said the man drove into a ditch.
• A car caught fire on the Frankton-Ladies Mile highway at 5pm on Thursday.
Two young women were driving to Christchurch when their car caught fire from a suspected electrical fault, Sgt Dickie said.
It was "well involved" when the Arrowtown fire brigade arrived at the scene.
The road was closed for 40 minutes.
• A tyre business in the Frankton industrial area was burgled on Wednesday night.
Sgt Dickie said over $2000 cash was taken.
A shed was broken into on the Lower Shotover delta.
Nothing was taken.