Teens arrested after stolen car crashes into power pole in Auckland

Two teenagers have been arrested after attempting to flee police in Auckland. The incident ended when an allegedly stolen Toyota Premio hit another vehicle on Onewa Rd in Birkenhead. Photo / Trevor Coppock

Two teenagers have been arrested after crashing an allegedly stolen car into a power pole during a dramatic police operation across Auckland this morning.

The pair were tracked by the Eagle helicopter after fleeing in an allegedly stolen Toyota Premio, which was spotted on State Highway 16 in Te Atatū about 9.15am.

Police didn’t pursue the vehicle but Eagle tracked the car as it left the motorway and was driven around residential streets in Northcote.

On Onewa Rd in Birkenhead, the vehicle attempted to overtake traffic before the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming truck.

The driver lost control of the Toyota, which sideswiped another car and hit a power pole, police said.

Both occupants were arrested at the scene.

A pregnant woman was in the vehicle that was hit by the Toyota and she was taken to a nearby medical centre as a precaution.

Inquiries into the crash are ongoing.

Freelance photographer Trevor Coppock was just pulling out of a nearby driveway to do his Saturday-morning shopping when the crash happened.

“There was this almighty ‘wham’ just in front of me. Debris was flying everywhere. I actually saw the impact and saw it hit the pole.

“Blimey, it got the adrenaline running again.”