A car burst into flames after two students took it for a spin during their morning tea-break and ploughed into a power box.
The students, both believed to be 17 from Otumoetai College, were taking the passenger's car, which he had recently bought, for a spin in their tea-break, a friend at the crash scene yesterday told the Bay of Plenty Times.
The driver of the car was taken to hospital with facial injuries after he lost control and skidded off Princess St at the entrance to York Park in Bellevue about 11.25am.
Mere Kawha-Brears was just pulling into her father's driveway when the boys crashed behind her.