Giving a car an extra bit of gas ended in a splash yesterday.
Constable Mark Brinsdon said a teenage driver with two passengers lost control of the car and ended up in the Saltwater Creek in Tamatea about 1.30pm.
The driver was on a learner's licence so not legally allowed to be carrying passengers.
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Brinsdon said the teenagers were lucky no one was injured.
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"No one had a full licence - he shouldn't have been driving."
A passenger later returned to the half-submerged two-door silver saloon to retrieve belongings through the sunroof.
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He was photographed leaping back to the bank by Hawke's Bay Today photographer Paul Taylor.
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Hawke's Bay Towing extracted the vehicle from the creek near the corner of Westminster Ave and Norwich Cres.