Police swoop on teens after stolen car hits pedestrian

Four young people were arrested after hitting a pedestrian in the heart of a big city of a suspect stolen car.

It was seen that a white BMW was irregular on the eastern highway in Doncaster in the east of Melbourne on Monday afternoon.

Police followed the CBD, where SUV hit a woman on exhibition street.

He was subjected to life -threatening injuries and was hospitalized for observation.

The car was thrown into Bourke Street Shopping Center, residents fled before arrested outside a shopping center on Lrsdale Street.

Bendigo and Yarra are two years old, 15 years old and 16 -year -old child interviews.

Prime Minister Jacinta Allan praised the police for rapid arrest of young people.

“My thoughts are injured on the pedestrian and those who witnessed this event.” He said.

“This is a shameful, dangerous behavior. The Victorians will not tolerate it and we will not be.”

The trams continued to run along the shopping center after the delay and directed for more than hours.

In January 2017, when James Gargasoulas went to Bourke Street Shopping Center, six people were killed and 27 were injured.

In the same year, a driver wounded 17 people by killing an elderly man and the pedestrians, who went to the corner of the streets of Flinders and Elizabeth.

In November 2018, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali parked his Ute on Bourke Street and burned before stabbing three people and killed Melbourne Cafe owner Sisto Malaspina in a terrorist attack.

Police said there was no weapon in the incident on Monday and that the car was believed to be stolen from the Boroondara region on Sunday.

According to the latest government criminal statistics, Victoria had 28,482 motor vehicle theft until the end of June 2025.

This is equal to 78 thefts or every 18 minutes every day.

Youth Crime continues to increase in the state with the number of crimes that skipped 13.7 % annually for children aged 10 to 17 years.