Man’s jaw broken in hammer attack at south Auckland petrol station

A man’s jaw was broken in a hammer attack at a south Auckland petrol station, Stuff reports, when he stopped at a Mobil service station in Papatoetoe on October 9 at 5.50am. “He pulled up and he was still in [the] car when someone attacked him from the driver’s side of the window with a hammer,” the man’s brother said. He tried to drive away but reversed into a pillar, as he had lost sight in his right eye and his left eye was blurry due to being struck in the face multiple times. He realised Middlemore Hospital was close and managed to drive to the emergency department before collapsing at the door.