Driver smashes into seven cars, fence before assaulting cop
A witness has spoken about the moment they watched a car crash and then roll down the street in front of them, before a man allegedly launched an attack on police.
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A driver of a ute that allegedly collided “at speed” with seven vehicles before rolling and crashing into a fence has then allegedly assaulted a police officer after he attempted to flee.
Police responded to a serious traffic crash in Moorooka where a driver allegedly smashed into seven vehicles at “high speed”, before rolling his car, and then crashing into a fence at about 6.30pm.
An on-foot police pursuit then occurred after the driver allegedly attempted to leave the scene.
The man allegedly wrestled and struggled with a 51-year-old police officer, before more officers intervened.
A senior constable was treated for a laceration to his face which he sustained during the alleged assault.
A 30-year-old Taringa man was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, with injuries he sustained during the crash.
Investigations are continuing.
Tyre marks and a broken fence were all that was left at the scene on Saturday morning but a
neighbour revealed how the incident unfolded in front of her.
She said she heard the car screeching down her street before it crashed into the fence of a house only four down from where she lives.
“It landed just out there, we heard it coming down the street,” she said.
“(The car) was on (its) side the whole way down here, it started way up the street then ended up right here”.
She said the man allegedly broke the senior constable’s glasses during the assault.
“They chased him up here, then (he) broke the police officer’s glasses”.