Four arrested following extended follow into CBD

Police have arrested four teenage males following an extended follow across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and CBD this afternoon.

Police observed a vehicle being driven erratically on the Eastern Freeway in Doncaster about 12.30pm.

The vehicle was followed into the CBD where a pedestrian was struck on Exhibition Street.

The female has been transported to hospital for observation with no life-threatening injuries.

The BMW, believed to have been stolen from the Boroondara area yesterday, was dumped a short time later on Bourke Street Mall and the four occupants fled on foot.

They were arrested a short time later outside a shopping centre on Lonsdale Street

Two 17-year-olds, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old from the Bendigo and Yarra Ranges areas are currently being interviewed.

Belinda Batty

Media Unit

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