Man arrested after police vehicle rammed in Australia’s Melbourne
Investigators were told that three men attempted to intervene when it was alleged the man threatened one of the three with a knife.
SYDNEY: A man was arrested after allegedly ramming a police vehicle in a stolen vehicle in Melbourne’s suburb Saturday night, police of the Australian state of Victoria said.
Police were called about 11:00 p.m. on a dispute between a male and female in a shopping center carpark in Berwick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria Police said on Sunday.
Investigators were told that three men attempted to intervene when it was alleged the man threatened one of the three with a knife.
When police arrived, they directed the man to exit the vehicle. But the driver and sole occupant was alleged to have rammed into the police vehicle before fleeing the scene, the police said.
Police tracked the stolen vehicle and successfully deployed stop sticks to stop the driver fleeing.
The 49-year-old man was arrested at the scene and no one was injured as a result of the ramming or during the arrest.
-Xinhua
