Eighteen years after a 19-year-old University of Otago student was killed while riding in a wheelie bin down a Dunedin street, police were exasperated to find young people were at it again on Saturday.
A police spokeswoman said officers were called to Union St, between Queen and George Sts, about 2pm, following reports of youths riding down the hill on top of wheelie bins, and a "near-miss" with an oncoming car.
In March 2001, physical education student Ana Louise North died instantly when she and a friend smashed into a parked trailer while riding in a wheelie bin down Baldwin St.
![An impromptu wheelie bin race in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon lasted only a few hair-raising runs. Police were quickly on the scene. Photo / ODT](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MLR3RYZGC5ZYGWKFFZTV77K6UY.jpg?auth=ba6b71feffb08068cded7667395cd8ed63cee58f7494c9b2aad0ea1afc77a924&width=16&height=18&quality=70&smart=true)
The ride left her male friend in Dunedin Hospital with serious head injuries.