Police are appealing for public assistance after a police vehicle was rammed and a car was stolen \u2013 with the driver still inside \u2013 in Lake Macquarie today.
\nJust before 2.30pm (Monday 14 September 2020), officers from Lake Macquarie Police District commenced a pursuit of a Mercedes after the male driver \u00adfailed to stop on Regents Street, Bonnells Bay.
\nA short time later, officers terminated the pursuit on Fishery Point Road, Bonnells Bay, due to safety concerns after the driver rammed their vehicle. The officers were uninjured.
\nPolice have been the man then abandoned the Mercedes, before threatening the driver of a white Hilux utility and stealing the vehicle with the man \u2013 aged in his 20s and wearing a high visibility vest \u2013 still inside.
\nOfficers from Lake Macquarie Police Area Command, with assistance from PolAir and the Dog Unit, have commenced a search.
\nAs part of inquiries, police are appealing for anyone who may have seen the vehicle to contact them.
\nIt\u2019s described as a 2019 white Toyota Hilux utility with registration EGR36C and \u2018CDA Group\u2019 written in green and black on the side.
\nIt was last seen driving on Grand Parade, Bonnells Bay, heading towards Fishery Point Road about 2.40pm.
\nPolice would also like to speak with a man who may be able to assist with their inquiries.
\nHe is described as being of Caucasian appearance, aged in his mid-20s, with short dark hair, and a medium build. At the time, he was wearing a dark grey shirt and long black pants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for public assistance after a police vehicle was rammed and a car was stolen \u2013 with the driver still inside \u2013 in Lake Macquarie today. Just before 2.30pm (Monday 14 September 2020), officers from Lake Macquarie Police District commenced a pursuit of a Mercedes after the male driver \u00adfailed to stop on … Continue reading “Appeal after police car rammed and carjacking – Lake Macquarie”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}