A Cromwell woman had her arm wedged in a car door as her partner sped away with their two-year-old daughter, following a domestic incident early Saturday morning.

Alexandra Police Senior Constable Graham Perkins said the woman managed to finally pull free from the vehicle and was taken to Dunstan Hospital with suspected injuries.

Police were called after the male partner woke the household at 5am following an argument the night before, and then tried to take off with the child in the car.

The female got into the vehicle to calm him down and he drove off at speed erratically towards Roxburgh, but was turned around by police and told to go home.

Snr Const Perkins said the man then saw messages from his partner to police on her phone while he was driving, calling for help, and “lost the plot.”

He packed up again in Cromwell with the two-year-old, and this time the woman was unsuccessful at stopping him, trapping her arm in the window as he drove away.

Police were called and could not locate him but eventually he was pulled over at Waihola, where he failed to remain with officers.

Negotiators tried to convince the man to hand himself in but he continued to drive away, eventually heading back to Alexandra where he finally came into the station and was arrested.

He was transported to Queenstown Police Station where bail was opposed and was currently facing charges of assault, failing to remain, with other charges pending.

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