31 Jan 2017

13-year-old in court after police chase

10:26 am on 31 January 2017

A 13-year-old boy is due to appear in court after a police chase though Waikato this morning.

Close up of a police car.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Police say a car was seen travelling through Dinsdale, Hamilton, with no lights on, about 3.30am.

Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle but the driver continued for 19km onto the Waikato Expressway.

The car carried on to Ngaruawahia where it went across spikes laid on the road and crashed.

No-one was reported injured. The pursuit lasted about 10 minutes, police said.

The 13-year-old will appear in the Hamilton Youth Court today, while a passenger who was also taken into custody has been released.

Police said the car had been reported stolen from Hamilton.