UPDATED 4.36pm: Two people are being spoken to by police after a van was crashed in Welcome Bay this afternoon.
Police suspect alcohol was a factor in the crash and Acting Senior Sergeant Iain Chapman said charges were likely for the driver.
Mr Chapman said the vehicle was not stolen and the driver was known to the owner.
EARLIER: Two people have fled from a van after it was crashed in Welcome Bay this afternoon.
People at Esmeralda St said the Papamoa Landscaping Supplies van crashed over a central median strip on the road and veered off the road and onto a footpath.
It's understood the van sustained damaged to its bottom.
No one from Papamoa Landscaping Supplies was able to comment this afternoon.