A knife-wielding woman with two children in her car was allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road before crashing into a traffic light pole.
Police were called after a 23-year-old woman from the Cairns suburb of Manunda in far north Queensland allegedly armed herself with a knife on April 21.
Dramatic footage shows the moment the woman crashed after police say she put her two children in her car and drove away from officers.
Officers alleged that “the woman drove on the wrong side of the road and directly toward police, before crashing into the traffic light on Ray Jones Drive, near Rigg Street.”
Footage captured by another driver’s dash cam showed the gray SUV swerving out of traffic before crashing into a traffic light pole.
Police then remove the woman from the driver’s seat, claiming she had been brandishing a knife.
“She was arrested and both the children and a dog were removed unharmed from the vehicle,” a Queensland Police statement said.
“After a brief confrontation at the scene of the collision, the woman was arrested by officers.”
In the images you can see a gray SUV dodging stopped traffic at an intersection before crashing into the traffic light.
As smoke billowed from the hood, several police officers pulled the woman from the front seat and threw her to the ground.
She was then dragged out of the accident and placed on the grass on the other side of the road.
“Police will allege the woman bit an officer when she was taken to Cairns Hospital for preventive checks following the collision,” a Queensland Police statement said.
The Cairns woman was charged with several offences, including dangerous driving.
The driver was charged with one count each of being armed to cause fear, evading, dangerous operation of a vehicle, obstructing police, serious assault, domestic violence offense, serious assault on police and driver failing to ensure Passengers wear seat belts.
He was refused bail and appeared briefly in the Cairns Magistrates Court on April 23.
