<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman tending to her front garden has escaped injury after an allegedly stolen car crashed into her yard in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The allegedly stolen ute was seen swerving into oncoming traffic on Wattletree Road in Armadale about 11.30am yesterday before it ploughed into a brick fence where Wendy Aubrey was gardening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He just slewed across the road, up on the nature strip, and went through the front fence here, knocking it over," Aubrey said.</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/world/nancy-guthrie-savannah-guthrie-usa-kidnapping-investigation/d56d2408-7704-4596-bec9-db346aefeee9" target="_blank"><strong><span>Police examine septic tank in search for US TV host's missing mother</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Luckily I was choosing to garden in [another] part of the garden and not 10 metres away."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will allege the driver crashed moments after he rammed their car and another while trying to evade capture.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nearby residents had reported him sleeping in the Hilux with its engine running around the corner.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/womans-escape-after-ute-ploughs-into-front-yard-while-she-was-gardening/f475da06-e2d1-4457-9786-3d9d0c45a246" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When police arrived they tried to clamp the ute, but they were forced to smash a window and use capsicum spray when the man allegedly drove at them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There appeared to be a window smashed on one side to get him out but otherwise he took off pretty erratically up the footpath," witness Jacquie Baillie said.</span></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.nine.com.au/sport/olympics/milano-cortina-2026-lindsey-vonn-crash-womens-downhill-skiing-final-video-reaction-acl-injury-analysis-20260209-p5o0oz.html" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Stop the nonsense': Vonn's failed gamble divides the world</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was terribly scary for everybody involved, and I'm just so glad that no one was injured."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 33-year-old man was charged with a string of offences including theft of a motor vehicle, aggravated burglary and possessing a controlled weapon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He's been remanded to face the Melbourne Magistrates Court later this month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" 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