A driver believed to be high on drugs has been filmed crashing into two police cars several times in a shopping center car park before taking off in his Holden Commodore.
Police had carried out a welfare check on the man after receiving reports that he was unconscious in his car in the Campbellfield Plaza car park in Melbourne’s north about 7.40am on Saturday.
But when police approached the man’s white sedan, he suddenly woke up and became aggressive.
Police had carried out a welfare check on the man after receiving reports that he was unresponsive in his car in the Campbellfield Plaza car park in Melbourne’s north about 7.40am on Saturday.
Three police officers desperately tried to pull the man from behind the wheel of the car but were unable to stop him.
The man then started the engine and repeatedly crashed into the two police cars parked nearby, reversing and ramming them several times.
Three police officers desperately tried to stop the man and even sprayed pepper spray on the driver who had his door open.
They also tried to get the driver out of the car, but they couldn’t stop him and they left the parking lot.
Police later found the Commodore, which had no license plate, abandoned about 8 kilometers away in Reservoir. It has been seized for forensic examination.
Investigations into the man’s whereabouts are ongoing.
No police officers were injured during the altercation, but a police van suffered moderate damage, as did a civilian’s car.
Bystanders filmed the frantic escape in which the man rammed two police vehicles before escaping in Melbourne’s Campbellfield Plaza.