AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2000
NSW: Police arrest man after long distance chase
A man was arrested last night after leading police on a long-distance car chase from
the New South Wales southern highlands to Sydney.
Police say a man entered the the gates of the Goulburn Correctional Centre about 8
pm (AEST) in a Datsun Bluebird.
When guards approached him, he drove off through the centre of Goulburn.
Prison officers called the police, who pursued the stolen car along the Hume Highway,
past Berrima and Mittagong, and laid road spikes.
But despite two punctured front tyres, the man continued to flee until he hit a parked
car at Beverley Hills in Sydney's south.
A 24-year-old Moss Vale man was charged with a number of driving offences, and will
appear in Bankstown Local Court today.
AAP RTV mk/et/rt
KEYWORD: CHASE (SYDNEY)
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