A 37-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences after running over a police officer when he was stopped on Friday evening in Perth’s east.
Around 5pm, the man had been stopped near the intersection of Stanton Road and Epsom Avenue in Belmont. While the officer was speaking with him, he allegedly sped away, striking the officer in the process.
The police officer received serious injuries in the incident and was taken to Royal Perth Hospital by St John Ambulance. On Saturday morning he remained in a stable condition but with critical injuries.
The vehicle involved in the incident was later involved in a crash near the intersection of Clayton Street and Roe Highway in Bellevue.
He was then taken into custody and has since been charged with a string of offences overnight, including dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm in circumstances of aggravation, failing to report an incident occasioning death or grievous bodily harm, failing to stop and ensure assistance received after incident occasioning grievous bodily harm and reckless driving.
The Stoneville man will appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Saturday.
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In a similar incident in mid-2023 another police officer, Anthony Woods, was run over and pinned underneath a suspected stolen car in Perth.
He and other officers were following a vehicle with stolen number plates when it came to a stop.
Woods and another officer went to detain the three occupants of the car when the driver allegedly reversed in an attempt to escape and dragged Woods underneath the car, pinning him there. He later died in hospital.
Reagan Ainsley Chown, the alleged driver, was charged with his murder but has pleaded not guilty. He will next appear in court in November.
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