Police are appealing for witnesses following multiple traffic offences across North Brisbane this morning, 1 March.
Initial investigations indicate between 4:50am and 6:30am, police received a number of calls in relation to a silver Holden Rodeo utility vehicle allegedly driving dangerously and striking several vehicles.
The incidents occurred in several suburbs including Chermside, Windsor, Lutwyche, Kedron, Brisbane City, Chermside West and Bald Hills.
No injuries were reported to police in relation to these incidents.
The utility was later located around 5:35am abandoned on the Gateway Motorway near Wyampa Road overpass in Bald Hills,
Shortly before 6am, police located a 30-year-old Mooloolaba man nearby in bushland, who was taken into custody.
A 38-year-old Mooloolaba man has also been taken into custody in relation to this matter.
Officers are seeking information from anyone who may have been impacted by this incident and asking anyone with relevant information, CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward, quoting QP2600400559.
Initial list of incident locations:
- Chermside: Gympie Road, at the intersection with Hamilton Road – Police receive a report around 4:42am of a vehicle having stopped and a man attempting to stop vehicles.
- Windsor: Lutwyche Road, near the intersection with Grantson Street – Police receive reports around 4:53am that a utility had struck two vehicles.
- Lutwyche: Lutwyche Road, near the intersection with Fuller Street – Police receive reports around 4:55am that a utility had struck a vehicle.
- Kedron: Gympie Road, opposite the intersection with Mellor Street – Police receive a report around 5:03am that a utility had struck a vehicle.
- Brisbane City: Albert Street, intersection with Roma Street and Turbot Street – Police receive a report around 5:10am that property has been stolen from a pedestrian.
- Chermside West: Webster Road, near the intersection with Taggan Street – Police receive a report around 5:15am of property being stolen from a pedestrian.
- Bald Hills: Gateway Motorway near Wyampa Road overpass – The Holden utility is abandoned around 5:35am.
