A security camera has captured the moment the driver of a vehicle mowed through a family of ducks, seconds after a woman trying to help them moved from the middle of the road.
A Queenstown resident reviewed the footage from the camera shortly after the incident earlier this month and contacted police to lay a complaint.
A warning, some viewers may find this footage disturbing.
The footage shows a group of about nine ducklings and two adult ducks waddling on the footpath before venturing on to the road.
The family has two near-misses with vehicles, before a woman in a purple jacket attempts to help the ducks across the road.
She can be seen signaling to the driver of the red-coloured Subaru Legacy as it approaches to slow down, but the car does not appear to, driving over several of the ducks, while the woman stands just off the footpath.
The mother and one of the ducklings were killed.
The surviving ducks were sent to Bird Rescue Dunedin and have now been re-homed in the city...
