A fleeing driver struck at least one vehicle before narrowly missing another in an attempt to escape police between Hawke's Bay's twin cities on Tuesday.
Police said a vehicle failed to stop on Karamu Rd, Hastings about 10.40am.
A Napier man and his wife were travelling into Whakatu, 8km northeast of Hastings, when they spotted a police vehicle with flashing lights about 10.45am.
Shortly afterwards, a speeding grey sedan "came straight for us driving the wrong way round the roundabout" and narrowly missed his vehicle, the man said.
![A driver fled police this morning, narrowly missing motorists near Whakatu.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RLU3KNZPXYVSUR4SMKOUJ3EA5M.jpg?auth=f216d5807500c0c4d4dd713aa5b8ce53f23a3eca267e28f2eeb0fbcd13f4ada6&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)