A gang of teenagers attacked and robbed a Melbourne man in the hallway of his residential care home before they fled with his car, police say.
The teenagers, aged 14 to 17, had been driving for hours towards the NSW border when they were finally stopped about 250km from the man's home, a police spokeswoman said.
Two of them jumped out of the car and fled into the bushes, only to be flushed out by the dog squad about an hour later.
The teens, who are still being questioned, are accused of assaulting the 47-year-old man in Dandenong around 1am (AEDT) on Saturday.
The man had to be taken to hospital following the attack, where he had his personal belongings and car stolen.
Police later spotted the car north of Melbourne near Kilmore, but had to call off a pursuit when it failed to pull over and kept driving on the wrong side of the highway.
The car ran over a spike belt around 5.30am near Winton.
The two girls and three boys were arrested at the scene but have not yet been charged.
