FOUR youths are in custody after their car hit police road spikes on the Hume Freeway near Wodonga.

The white Ford sedan was northbound on the freeway just west of the Melrose Drive bridge when it crashed on Wednesday morning.

Inspector David Ryan, of Wangaratta police, said the officers had been made aware of the Ford driving erratically earlier in the morning and had been patrolling the area at the time the car came through.

He said the police had stopped another car when the Ford went into the right-hand lane of the freeway and struck the spikes, ending up in the centre median strip.

The youths were not seriously injured and taken to Wodonga police station for questioning.