<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has been arrested after a ute rammed into the Mudgee police station in </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="New South Wales'"><span>New South Wales'</span></a><span> central west this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crash happened just as a march was about to take place for Detective Senior Constable Scott Whale, who is retiring after 40 years in the NSW Police Force.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine understands officers immediately ran out and pinned the man to the ground, taking him into custody.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/h3n2-new-flu-strain-to-hit-australians/328251bf-46b6-4297-9add-1f426b6663ac" rel="" target="" title="What is H3N2? The new flu strain set to smash Aussies this winter"><strong><span>What is H3N2? The new flu strain set to smash Aussies this winter</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An investigation has begun into the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"About 1.30pm, officers attached to Orana Mid Western Police District were patrolling on foot on Market Street, Mudgee, when a utility allegedly drove at the officers," a police spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Officers attempted to stop the driver; however, he allegedly failed to follow police directions and left the scene.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/mudgee-police-station-man-arrested-new-south-wales-news/6b8820ab-eb07-4802-9a4c-5c42086f4203" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The driver – a 67-year-old man – then allegedly drove at another police officer before crashing into the front of a police station on Market Street, Mudgee."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No one was injured during the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine understands the man was known to police and they are investigating whether he is a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em></div></div>