A woman has been charged following an alleged road-rage incident in Newcastle earlier today.
\nAbout 6.20am (Friday 13 November 2020), officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to Hunter Street, Newcastle, following reports a pedestrian had been hit and several vehicles had damaged by a white Ford utility.
\nPolice will allege in court a 29-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man had been involved in an earlier argument nearby before the man left in a golden Holden Barina.
\nIt\u2019s further alleged the Ford utility rammed the Holden several times in surrounding streets before hitting the mand on Hunter Street and fleeing the scene.
\nHe was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment for a minor arm injury.
\nNo one else was injured during the incident.
\nThe Ford utility was located abandoned on King Street and it has been seized for forensic examination.
\nFollowing extensive inquiries, officers from the Newcastle City Proactive Crime Team attended licensed premises on Hunter Street and arrested a 29-year-old woman.
\nShe was taken to Newcastle Police Station and charged with use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention, drive recklessly\/furiously or speed\/manner dangerous, not give particulars to other driver and possess prohibited drug.
\nThe Newcastle woman has been refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court later today (Friday 13 November 2020).
\nAs police continue their inquiries, officers are urging anyone who may have dashcam or mobile phone footage of the incident to contact police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A woman has been charged following an alleged road-rage incident in Newcastle earlier today. About 6.20am (Friday 13 November 2020), officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to Hunter Street, Newcastle, following reports a pedestrian had been hit and several vehicles had damaged by a white Ford utility. Police will allege in court a … Continue reading “Charges following Newcastle road-rage incident”<\/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-9144","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\/9144","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=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}