The seriously injured driver of an allegedly stolen car involved in a police pursuit and linked to a separate vehicle theft in Sydney’s south-west has been charged with a string of offences.
A horror crash in Sydney’s south-west has seriously injured the driver of an allegedly stolen car involved in a police pursuit.
The crash has been declared a critical incident and will be the subject of an independent review by NSW Police’s professional standards command and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
Officers tried to stop the driver of the Renault SUV about 10.40am on Wednesday. When the male driver refused to pull over, they started a pursuit.
A NSW Police spokesperson said the pursuit was cancelled a short time later, but the PolAir helicopter continued to follow the car.
About 11.15am, the SUV, which had been spotted speeding through red lights on Camden Valley Way, turned onto Denham Court Road, where it collided with a ute outside Lockies Hotel.
The SUV crumpled on impact, and the driver, Samual Charchauh, 33, was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with serious injuries.
On Thursday, Charchauh was charged with aggravated robbery inflicting actual bodily harm, driving dangerously and not stopping during a police pursuit, and driving furiously in a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
He appeared via video link in Liverpool Local Court, where he was refused bail and remanded in custody to face Campbelltown Local Court on January 9.
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