Driver crashed after seeing flashing lights  A disqualified
driver who sped up and crashed shortly after an ambulance
activated its flashing lights appears to have mistaken the
emergency vehicle for a police car.  Two men, including the
21-year-old driver, were seriously injured in the crash on State
Highway 1, about 1km away from the turn-off to SH29 to Tauranga,
about 10.15pm yesterday.  Police believe the driver accelerated
away from the ambulance because he was trying to flee what he
thought was a police car. The man was disqualified from driving
and the Holden Commodore he was in did not have a current
warrant of fitness or registration.  Waikato road policing
manager Inspector Marcus Lynam said the ambulance had been on
its way to a high-priority job in Matamata when it activated its
emergency lights behind the car.  He said the car's driver
appeared to have mistaken the ambulance's red flashing lights
for the blue and red flashing lights of a police car.  The car
sped up, lost control after a short dis