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Man charged over police chase

POLICE have charged a 42-year-old Charnwood man following a car chase through Canberra’s north early this morning.

About 3am, a police identified a stolen white Toyota Dyna truck on Gundaroo Drive in Crace. Police said they followed the truck and observed it mounting the curb of the roundabout at the intersection of Barton Highway and Gundaroo Drive in Crace.

Police attempted to stop the truck, but the driver ignored them and accelerated away. Police pursued the truck through Giralang, and deployed stop sticks on Kuringa Drive, causing the truck’s right-side tyres to deflate.

The truck traveled slowly through Fraser, before stopping outside a house on Rochford Street. The pursuit lasted  about six minutes and reached a maximum speed of 90km/h.

The driver gave a positive roadside test to alcohol and at the City Police Station returned a content reading of 0.163. The man was a disqualified driver.

The man was charged with drink-driving, disqualified driving, failing to stop for police, driving a stolen motor vehicle, disqualified driver not surrendering his licence and breach of bail.

He will face the ACT Magistrates Court today, where bail will be opposed by police.

 

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