Goya Dmytryshchak
A bystander has spoken of the “terrifying” scene after a woman was struck by an allegedly stolen car in a hit-run at Footscray on Saturday.
Police had initially been called to reports that a Honda sedan crashed into a power pole on Trugo Lane about 4.20pm.
The car was extensively damaged at the front but the driver continued on at a slow speed.
Police approached the vehicle on foot but the driver failed to stop and allegedly struck a pedestrian on Paisley Street.
A shopper, Jonathan, said he was with his 10-year-old son buying a birthday present for a party when the pedestrian was struck.
“We heard a commotion and went outside,” he said.
“We just saw this lady was lying in the road.
“A guy came running up to me and said, ‘that car’s just jumped the footpath’.
“You could see where the car had gone because it had the bottom of the car ripped off from one of those silver bicycle hoops that was on the footpath.
“The guy said it went … over the top of the pedestrian and dragged her a bit down the road.
“The bottom of the car was ripped off by the damage from this bicycle hoop so you could see traces of oil, which left exactly where the car had been, swerving across the road.
“Then, as it came to the next intersection, it actually mounted the footpath again to go past some parked traffic at red lights and then up in the direction of Droop Street, where it was finally intercepted.”
Police followed the vehicle towards Droop Street where they arrested two females, aged 17 and 19.
Jonathon said the scene had been “terrifying”.
“It was definitely daunting to have my little boy there and to realise that you’re not even safe on the footpath,” he said.
“Some poor lady … quite a young lady … who was motionless on the road, couldn’t be moved at all, was in a terrible, terrible way.
“It is kind of terrifying to see … very, very scary.”
The pedestrian, a 26-year-old Footscray woman, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
