Police investigating after car drove erratically on Bourke Street in Melbourne

Police are investigating after a car sped down Bourke Street Mall to avoid being pulled over and crashed into a bollard in Melbourne's CBD.Police believe the car was "taking evasive action", and not trying to hurt pedestriansOfficers tried to pull over a green Mitsubishi Lancer at about 4:55pm on Swanston Street in relation to a traffic related incident, Victoria Police said in a statement.

Police said they do not believe the driver was trying to harm pedestrians, but was "taking evasive action to avoid police intercept". "A male passenger [of the green car] ran on foot towards Elizabeth Street and the vehicle did a U-turn back along Bourke Street towards Swanston Street."Victoria Police's Air Wing followed the car and found it without number plates on Ashworth Street in Albert Park, about 5 kilometres south of the mall, at about 6:40pm.Police said they attempted to pull over a green sedan at Bourke Street, but it sped off.

Good to see no one injured the safety barriers done their job.

Happens everyday. Only reason y'all are. Talking about it is because the cops made it dramatic

Have they changed the law yet to empower police to robustly deal with these incidents?

Well, the driver drove erratically. The car didn’t have a choice.

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