US EditionMultiple Cars Hit During High-Speed Police Chase
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, JUL 11 – The 36-year-old man was arrested after a police chase involving erratic driving through multiple suburbs and leaping from the moving van, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
- Police arrested a 36-year-old Point Cook man just after 1pm on July 11, 2025, following a high-speed van chase ending at Dunnings and Palmers roads.
- The chase began after the man allegedly stole the van around 5:40am on St Kilda Road and led police through multiple Melbourne suburbs over seven hours.
- Helicopter footage showed the van driving erratically on the West Gate Bridge, hitting parked vehicles and light poles before the man jumped from the moving vehicle and was struck by a police car.
- Acting Inspector Dean Pickering remarked that the offender’s decision to escape through the window was unexpected by all involved, and he described the pending charges as likely including weapons offenses.
- The man sustained non-life-threatening injuries, was taken to hospital under police guard, and police intend to keep him off the streets as his numerous charges are finalized.
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