Driver in low-speed pursuit injures police officer
POLICE are on the hunt for a driver who injured an officer and fled the scene following a police pursuit through Parramatta.
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POLICE are on the hunt for a driver who injured an officer and fled the scene following a police pursuit through Parramatta.
Just after 8pm on September 13, traffic and highway patrol officers were at the Great Western Highway and Marsden St intersection when they spotted a blue Toyota Yaris disobey a red traffic signal, driving straight through.
Police activated their lights and sirens but the driver refused to stop and a pursuit was initiated.
The low-speed police pursuit saw the Toyota travel down to Church St before stopping in traffic.
Officers attempted to smash the driver’s side window but they accelerated and ran over a police officer’s foot.
The pursuit was stopped due to safety as the Toyota continued along Church St. It was 10 minutes later when police were alerted to a crash at the intersection of Argyle and Marsden streets involving the same Yaris and a Toyota Camry.
The driver of the Yaris escaped and was last seen running towards a nearby shopping centre and has not been located.
The police officer suffer a minor foot injury and the occupants of the Camry were uninjured.