Police pursuit ends in Bourke Street Mall, multiple arrests in Melbourne CBD

Four teenagers have been arrested after police saw a vehicle being driven "erratically".

A vehicle in a shopping strip and police officers

Authorities confirmed the teenagers were arrested a short time after and are being interviewed. Source: AAP / JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

Police have arrested multiple teenagers in Melbourne after following an "erratically" driven car, which hit a pedestrian in the CBD, who has been taken to hospital with "no life-threatening injuries".

Victoria Police said the four boys, aged between 15 and 17 years old, were seen "driving erratically" along the Eastern Freeway in Doncaster at 12.30pm on Monday.

"The vehicle was followed into the CBD where a pedestrian was then struck on Exhibition Street," police said in a statement.

"The BMW, believed to have been stolen from the Boroondara area yesterday, was dumped a short time later on Bourke Street Mall and the four occupants fled on foot."

Authorities confirmed the teenagers were arrested a short time later and are being interviewed.


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