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Man, teen girl arrested head-on collision with police car

A man and a teenage girl have been arrested by police after allegedly ramming a police vehicle and colliding head-on with a sedan across Geelong suburbs on Thursday morning.

A man and a teen girl have been arrested following an incident in Moolap on Thursday morning.
A man and a teen girl have been arrested following an incident in Moolap on Thursday morning.

A man and a teenage girl were arrested after allegedly ramming a police vehicle and colliding head-on with a sedan on Thursday morning.

Police said officers attempted to intercept a red 4WD, which was allegedly driving erratically in Whittington, about 9.30am.

The vehicle then allegedly rammed a marked police vehicle on Agena St.

Police said the pair fled the scene.

No one was injured in the alleged ramming.

Police allege the 4WD was later spotted travelling along Breakwater Rd in Breakwater when it narrowly avoiding hitting a road worker near the Barwon Terrace intersection.

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About 10.30am, the vehicle continued along Barwon Terrace and collided head-on with a white sedan.

The driver of the sedan, a 70-year-old woman, sustained minor injuries in the crash.

Officers on the ground and the police chopper then tracked a 19-year-old man, of no fixed address, and a 14-year-old girl, who were both inside the 4WD, to Breakwater Rd, near Gun Dog Lane.

The pair were arrested at the scene and are currently assisting police with their inquiries.

Originally published as Man, teen girl arrested head-on collision with police car

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