A Victoria Police officer has been struck by a automobile whereas the driving force was allegedly making an attempt to keep away from a breath-testing website in Melbourne’s northwest.
Freeway patrol members had been operating random breath-testing on Sunday evening in Bacchus Marsh.
Simply earlier than 8.30pm, officers seen a Ford Falcon ute cease in need of the testing website, in what they are saying seemed to be an effort to keep away from it.
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As the driving force of the ute was waved right into a testing lane by the police officer, he allegedly instantly accelerated.
The officer tried to leap out of the way in which, however his leg was struck by the automobile.
The ute then allegedly took off on the improper aspect of the street, forcing a number of different automobiles to take evasive motion to get out of the way in which.
A short while later, a member of the general public known as the police to report {that a} automobile had pushed into a close-by paddock and have become slowed down.
A 42-year-old Wyndham Vale man was arrested on the scene the place it was found he was driving whereas disqualified.
He allegedly examined optimistic to methamphetamine and returned a breath-test studying of .035.
The person was charged with 17 offenses together with disqualified driving, drink-driving and endangering an emergency companies employee with a automobile.
The police officer who was struck suffered minor accidents.
Police are eager to talk to anybody who might have witnessed the incident or might have CCTV or dashcam footage.
