Neighbours have watched in horror as an erratic driver in a stolen car tore down an inner Melbourne footpath, forcing pedestrians to flee.
The driver behind the wheel of a dark-coloured vehicle mounted a Port Melbourne footpath about 7.10pm on Wednesday, pursuing a man and a woman along the path in front of apartments.
The front of the vehicle was seen hanging off as the car looped onto the road and mounted the footpath a second time.
“Call the police quick, quick, quick,” one neighbour says in footage of the incident. “What the f---.”
A man was struck by the car, but he did not appear to be seriously injured. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said he left the scene with a woman before officers arrived.
Several neighbours called triple zero to report the erratic driver careening along footpaths near Esplanade East and Rouse Street.
Police are yet to speak to the man hit by the car or his female companion, a police spokeswoman said. The driver remains on the run.
“Ongoing enquiries by police have confirmed the vehicle was stolen,” the police spokeswoman said.
“Police believe at this early stage the incident was targeted, and the people involved may have been known to one another.”
The car was found abandoned on nearby Tom Hills Drive shortly after the incident, police said.
The investigation was ongoing, and officers urged anyone with information to come forward.
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