Man allegedly drives car into police vehicle, damages petrol station in Hawthorn East
A petrol station has been damaged and a police car was rammed during an alleged rampage in Melbourne‘s east overnight.
Police on patrol spotted a white BMW with allegedly stolen plates parked outside a 7-Eleven on Toorak Rd in Hawthorn East about 12.30am on Wednesday.
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The BMW then became stuck between a bollard and the front of the store, with police parking their vehicle behind it.
“It’s alleged the driver reversed the BMW ramming the police vehicle several times,” Victoria Police said.
“Police pushed the BMW forward to stop any further incidents.”
The driver, a 43-year-old man, was arrested at the scene along with his passenger, a 31-year-old woman.
They were both taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The police members involved were not injured.
Four bollards were ripped out of the concrete at the petrol station during the ramming incident.
Rubbish and debris from other damaged items remains at the scene.
The shop attendant who was working at the time told 7NEWS the first thing he did was shut off the fuel pumps as he was worried the driver would crash into one.
No charges have been laid and the arrested pair will be interviewed once they are released from hospital.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has dashcam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Originally published on 7NEWS
