Woman in critical condition after being hit by own allegedly stolen car outside Melbourne hospital
A man has been charged with attempting to steal a car in an alleged incident which has left the vehicle’s owner fighting for her life.
The 66-year-old woman had just got out of her Ford Territory outside a hospital and was walking her husband to the entrance when a man jumped into the driver’s seat on Wednesday, police said.
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The woman, from Upper Beaconsfield, tried to stop him from driving off in her car but was hit by the moving vehicle.
She was rushed to a Melbourne hospital in a critical condition.
The man drove off in the car.
A 25-year-old man of no fixed address was later arrested in Pioneer Bay, while the woman’s Ford was found nearby.
He was charged with theft of motor vehicle, dangerous driving causing serious injury, unlicensed driving, reckless conduct endangering life, and failing to render assistance.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Dandenong Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Originally published on 7NEWS
