A 24-year-old man who fled the scene of a car accident following last week’s police pursuit has been arrested and will face Dubbo Local Court today.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The man was able to evade police until Monday, when acting on information received from the community, officers attended a home unit in Clive Street.
When police entered the premises two men fled from the area.
The man ran through a paddock on Clive Street and attempted to steal a motorbike from a home in Falls Road. He was arrested with the assistance of a police dog.
A 32-year-old man attempted to flee through several gardens but was arrested in Clive Street with a small quantity of drugs.
Both men required treatment for minor injuries at Dubbo Base Hospital and were then conveyed to Dubbo Police Station.
The younger man was charged with Police Pursuit (Skye’s Law), drive in a manner dangerous, take and drive conveyance without consent, fail to exchange particulars and driving whilst unlicensed.
The older man was charged with an outstanding warrant.
Both men were refused bail to appear at court on October 24.
About 1.25pm on Wednesday, October 18 police observed a gold coloured Magna exceeding the speed limit along Warne Street, Wellington.
Acting Inspector with the Orana Local Area Command, Richard Morley, said police attempted to catch-up to the vehicle – containing a person wanted on several warrants – when a short pursuit ensued.
The car was travelling along Percy Street when it collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of Warne Street.
The impact caused extensive front end damage to two of the vehicles.
A woman travelling in a four-wheel-drive ute was conveyed to hospital by ambulance as a precaution, and the two male occupants of the third vehicle were unharmed.
“As a result two occupants decamped from the vehicle,” Acting Inspector Morley said.
“Two were caught and a third got away.”
Police came under fire by the public on Facebook questioning why the pursuit wasn’t called-off due for safety reasons.
Inspector Morley said while people are quick to critisize the decision, they must first put themselves in that situation.
“They’re all public streets under the Act, it doesn’t matter what street they’re on, a pursuit could occur anywhere,” he said.
“There’s no stipulation where you can and can’t chase on a public street, it just becomes a problem with the conditions, the traffic, the number of people on the street – all these decisions have to be taken at the time that the pursuits occur.
“If there’s heavy traffic, a lot of people around – the pursuits are terminated, but each one is different.
“The circumstances of these things vary and it’s up to the individual officers who are driving the car at the time to make those decisions.
“There’s a lot to take into account.”
In other police news Acting Inspector Morley confirmed investigations are continuing into the theft of an ATM from the Federal Hotel in September.
That matter, along with investigations into the head-on collision along Nowrie Drive in September which resulted in a four-year-old boy and his father being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, is being handled by detectives from Dubbo.
