SYDNEY, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- A man from Western Australia (WA) has been charged after an elderly man was seriously injured in a high-speed collision during a police chase on Monday morning.
The 80-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries sustained when an unmarked police car collided with his vehicle in the southern suburbs of Perth around 10:45 a.m. on Monday.
Two officers who were in the unmarked car, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were also hospitalized as a precaution.
The WA police force said on Tuesday that the officers were pursuing an allegedly stolen vehicle when the crash occurred.
The driver, a 27-year-old man, was arrested after crashing into a civilian vehicle and attempting to flee on foot. ■