Boys smash up police cars in Sunshine Coast rampage

Two boys, aged 12 and 18, have been charged after eight police vehicles were damaged in a high-speed pursuit on the Sunshine Coast.

TWO boys aged 12 and 14 have been charged after police vehicles were allegedly rammed  in a high-speed car chase from the Sunshine Coast hinterland to the beach.

Police reportedly spotted a white stolen ute in Mooloolah Valley earlier yesterday, but it sped off when officers attempted to intercept it.

A source has told the Daily Queensland Police officers and detectives deployed stingers when the stolen ute reached Kawana Way, but the vehicle drove over a ditch to avoid them.

Two young boys have led police on a high speed police chase across the Sunshine Coast today ending in Dicky Beach.

The vehicle is then understood to have driven through a park where members of the public were forced to jump out of the way.

A policeman riding a motorbike is understood to have been hit by the ute. Police report he sustained a leg injury.

Once on Beerburrum St, Dicky Beach the stolen ute has reportedly rammed police cars before the wreckage became wedged between two vehicles.

The boys were from Brisbane and Maroochydore.

A total of eight police vehicles were damaged as the alleged occupants of the stolen vehicle –aged 12 and 14 – were taken into custody at the scene.

The boys have both been charged with a number of offences including dangerous operation of a vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and evasion.

Police are continuing to investigate.

Originally published as Boys smash up police cars in Sunshine Coast rampage