An 18-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly driving a quad bike down Westport's Palmerston Street at around 12.30am yesterday and provoking a police chase.
Westport Police Sergeant Steve Baddock said the man had been driving around in circles on Palmerston Street near Brougham Street as if he was trying to get police attention.
Mr Baddock said the man may have been trying to bait police into chasing him but was unsure of exactly why he decided to do it.
Sometimes people created situations like that to divert police attention away from some other crime that was taking place, he said.
Police pursued him until he was trapped between Russell and Derby streets where he allegedly tried to escape again and ended up losing control of the vehicle and crashing into a ditch.
