Stolen Car Collides with Police Car Early This Morning

A man is facing 5 charges after he stole a car from a man known to him in Bundamba over night by throwing a rock at his head, later slamming into a police car in Toowoomba this morning.

Police have charged a man after a stolen vehicle collided with a police car early this morning.

It will be alleged at around 12:30am a man struck a 38-year-old man in the head with a rock, before stealing his car from an address in Bundamba.

The 38-year-old man was transported to Ipswich General Hospital for treatment of bruising and a laceration to his face.

Just before 2:30am police witnessed the stolen vehicle being driven along the Warrego Highway, travelling from Plainland, towards Toowoomba.

Police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device at Redwood and followed the vehicle as it travelled up the Toowoomba Range.

It will be alleged the vehicle was observed driving on the wrong side of the road, before colliding with, and causing minor damage to, a police vehicle on James Street in East Toowoomba.

The vehicle came to a stop and the driver was arrested without incident at around 2:50am.

No police officers or members of the public were physically injured during the incident.

A 37-year-old North Ipswich man has been charged with armed robbery, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, driving a motor vehicle without a licence and failing to comply with a requirement to stop a private vehicle.

He is due to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.

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