Stolen car involved in two vehicle crash at Mundingburra
A witness has told how thieves, he believed were no older than 16, twice rammed a car with a child and woman inside to evade a man who tried to stop them.
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A witness has told how thieves, he believed were no older than 16, twice rammed a car with a child and woman inside to evade a man who tried to stop them.
Andrew Ross was sitting directly behind the Kia which was rammed by a white Volkswagen Amarok at the intersection of Gulliver St and Ross River Rd, Mundingburra shortly after 12pm.
“I noticed there was a car beside me, they were in a dual cab with a canopy at the back. They did look a bit suspicious to me, there was about five young kids in the car,” he said.
Mr Ross said the occupants inside the Amarok noticed him looking at them and put on bandannas to disguise their faces. He said the driver had long blonde hair.
“Then suddenly another car pulled out behind them and a bloke raced out and tried to reach inside the dual cab,” he said.
“I’m assuming it may have been the owner.
“He raced into the car and when it took off, he yelled at me the car’s stolen.”
Mr Ross said the Amarok rammed the Kia once before reversing and ramming it again in order to slip through the traffic.
He said he called police shortly after checking to see if the woman and child were injured.
A nurse also checked on them before paramedics arrived.
Mr Ross said he had never seen anything like it before.
“It just shows you how bad the crime is in Townsville,” he said.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed two patients were assessed by paramedics but did not need to be taken to hospital.
She said they were out of the vehicle and walking.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said there had been no arrests and the suspects were still at large.
He said wet weather may have played part in the crash.
The Amarok was earlier seen driving recklessly around Heatley and Kirwan.
The stolen vehicle reportedly knocked over the street sign at the corner of Bamford Lane and McBride St, Kirwan and lost its door.
Jade Hewson witnessed two cars she believed were stolen driving down the wrong way of Bamford Lane shortly before the crash.
“Probably about 11.40am or so, I was on Bamford Lane and we saw the white car along blue ford falcon ute,” she said.
“They went against the traffic. They just went flying, definitely not going 60km/h.”
The Amarok has been found dumped on Burrell Lane, Heatley.
Originally published as Stolen car involved in two vehicle crash at Mundingburra