MELBOURNE, VIC. — Police have arrested four teenage males following an extended pursuit 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 female 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.
