A Rotorua mother and her teen daughter say they are grateful to be alive after a stolen car failed to stop at an intersection and collided at speed into the side of their vehicle.
The driver of the Mazda Demio and passenger ran away, leaving the woman and her daughter suffering injuries.
Police have confirmed a youth who was the passenger in the Mazda had been apprehended, but they were still looking for the driver.
The woman, who did not want to be named, said both vehicles were written off.
In response to Rotorua Daily Post questions, police said a silver Mazda Demio was stolen from outside a Mangakakahi house about 15 minutes before it crashed into the woman’s Toyota Hilux in Sunset Rd at 4pm on Monday last week.