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Pedestrian, police car struck after Sydney CBD carjacking

Pedestrian, police car struck after Sydney CBD carjacking
ABC Australia Thursday 08 October 2026, 20:16 UTC 1 min read
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A pedestrian has been struck by a stolen car in Sydney's CBD after it crashed into two cars, including head-on into a marked police vehicle. Police were told a man approached a woman in her 20s in her Mazda sedan on the corner of King and Pitt streets and then stole the car about 9pm on Thursday. The car collided with another car, a stationary police vehicle and hit a woman in her 50s on the corner of George Street and Market Street before the man was apprehended.

A pedestrian has been struck by a stolen car in Sydney's CBD after it crashed into two cars, including head-on into a marked police vehicle. Police were told a man approached a woman in her 20s in her Mazda sedan on the corner of King and Pitt streets and then stole the car about 9pm on Thursday. The car collided with another car, a stationary police vehicle and hit a woman in her 50s on the corner of George Street and Market Street before the man was apprehended. The woman sustained a cut to her head and was taken to hospital in a stable condition. Officers arrested the driver, a 36-year-old man, at the scene and took him to St Vincent's Hospital for mandatory drug and alcohol testing, where he remains under police guard. The man is expected to be charged today.
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