Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after he allegedly evaded police in a stolen car across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs this morning.
Officers responded to reports of a vehicle suspiciously loitering in a carpark near the corner of Springvale Road and Burwood Highway in Burwood East about 2.30am.
Police parked their vehicle at the location and approached the allegedly stolen white van.
Police will allege the driver backed out of a car spot at speed, narrowly missing a police officer before reversing into the parked police vehicle.
No police members were injured.
The van allegedly fled the scene and was later spotted travelling in the wrong direction on the Burwood Highway.
With the assistance of the Air Wing, officers observed the van driving erratically along several streets including on Warrigal Road and Atherton Road in Oakleigh.
The driver was then arrested a short time later at Berry Place in Seaford.
The 23-year-old Yellingbo man has been charged with:
• aggravated reckless exposure of police office whilst driving (stolen vehicle)
• causing damage to emergency services vehicle by reckless driving
• unlicensed driving
• theft of motor vehicle
• 10 x reckless conduct endangering life (member of the public)
• 12 x reckless conduct endangering serious injury (member of the public)
• 2 x improper use of motor vehicle.
He will appear before Ringwood Magistrates’ Court tonight.
