Man charged following Berwick hit and run

Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged car theft and hit and run outside a Berwick hospital yesterday morning.

The 25-year-old man, of no fixed address, has been charged with several offences including:

• theft of motor vehicle
• dangerous driving causing serious injury
• unlicensed driving
• reckless conduct endanger life
• failing to render assistance

The charges follow an alleged incident where a woman was accompanying her husband from their Ford Territory to a hospital entrance on Kangan Drive around 11.20am.

The 25-year-old man allegedly got into the vehicle, then struck the woman as she attempted to stop him from driving away.

The 66-year-old woman was transported to another hospital where she is in a critical condition.

Detectives arrested the 25-year-old man in Pioneer Bay yesterday afternoon and the Ford was recovered nearby.

He’s been remanded to appear at Dandenong Magistrate’s Court later today.

Kathryn Muffett

Media Unit

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