Major Boxing Day manhunt after cop trying to set up road spikes is allegedly mowed down by a stolen car – as driver vanishes into a nearby bush and several others are arrested
- Police spotted an allegedly stolen vehicle on Boxing Day morning
- Highway patrol tried to stop it at a roadblock using tyre spikes
- Driver allegedly targeted cop deploying road spikes and hit him
- Driver ‘ditched the car and his mates to flee into nearby bushland’
Police have launched a major manhunt after a highway patrol officer was allegedly run down by a stolen car as he attempted to unroll road spikes to stop it.
The Volkswagen was spotted by police on Deane Street in Narara, north of Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, around 9.10am on Boxing Day.
Checks revealed it had allegedly been reported stolen prompting an attempt by police to intercept it and its occupants by setting up a roadblock.
Police launched a major manhunt after a highway patrol officer was allegedly run down by a stolen car as he attempted to unroll road spikes to stop it
Other men, believed to passengers in the car, were arrested at the scene and taken away in handcuffs, some shirtless and in shorts
The driver allegedly targeted the officer laying down the tyre spikes and hit him before ditching the car and his mates before disappearing into nearby bushland.
He was chased by police but vanished into the undergrowth.
Witnesses said several other men, believed to passengers in the car, were arrested at the scene and taken away in handcuffs, one shirtless and in shorts.
The injured traffic police officer was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.
The Volkswagen was spotted by police on Deane Street in Narara, north of Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, around 9.10am on Boxing Day
The injured traffic cop was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition
One local said they had heard the sirens in the street and were shocked to find out that an officer had been hurt in the incident.
‘We hope he’s okay,’ they added.
The manhunt for the driver on the run continued into Monday afternoon.
‘A police operation is continuing on Deane Street after the driver stopped the car and fled into nearby bushland,’ a NSW Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘No further information is available at this time.’
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