A fleeing driver who crashed into a police car near Whakatane this morning had been in a stolen car, police have revealed.
The man failed to stop for police near Edgecumbe about 7.20am and was pursued along a number of rural roads, heading towards Whakatane.
Police deployed spikes but the vehicle continued driving on its rims, police said.
The car collided with a police car and another car belonging to a member of the public a short time later at the Coastlands roundabout on State Highway 30.
No one was injured.
