The Independent Police Conduct Authority will investigate a fatal crash that killed a teenager driving a stolen car after police began following the vehicle.
The Huntly teenager, aged 18, was driving a stolen car when he hit a car travelling in the opposite direction on State Highway 2 near Katikati in the Bay of Plenty about 5pm yesterday. He was killed.
The driver of the oncoming car, a 54-year-old man from Waihi, suffered moderate injuries and was in Tauranga Hospital in a stable condition, police said.
A spokeswoman said an investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority was "a matter of course when police have been following a vehicle prior to a crash".
The teenager who died was expected to be named later today.