<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A wild high-speed police chase across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> that involved collisions with multiple cars has ended with the driver being hit by an unmarked police car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands a white van initially collided with cars in the Domain Tunnel before the male driver took police on a pursuit through the south-east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 9News helicopter captured the wild chase as the heavily damaged van travelled, on its rims with sparks flying, back towards the city on the M1.</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/south-australia-man-charged-alleged-plot-to-import-62kg-of-cocaine/53acd7fb-3613-462f-aedf-5f05ac6045e7" target="_blank"><strong><span>Man charged over alleged $20 million cocaine plot</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Helicopter footage showed the van weaving in and out of traffic on the West Gate Bridge, clipping multiple cars and narrowly missing dozens of other vehicles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After appearing to speed up the M1 for about 15 minutes, the van exited the freeway at Palmers Road in Point Cook.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After performing a sharp right turn onto Dunnings Road, the car sped through two street signs, which became snagged under the front wheels of the van.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-news-multiple-cars-hit-during-highspeed-police-chase-across-melbourne-freeways/df523378-9807-4a20-9c52-ea41226a75aa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The van then began to slow and the driver was seen leaping out of the moving vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage then showed the man being hit by a trailing unmarked police vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several police officers pounced on the alleged offender and he was handcuffed and taken into custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Police is yet to provide a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>

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