<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> officers have been injured and their car written when it was rammed in a wild chase through Perth's western suburbs last night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver, 29-year-old Joshua Rowson, allegedly had two kids in the back seat when he slammed into parked cars as he tried to get away last night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The chaos unfolded in Churchlands and ended in a usually quiet cul-de-sac.</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/kingston-crash-elderly-man-left-for-dead-hit-run-stolen-suv-logan-queensland/6af8ef6d-914b-4400-a2c2-edadb61ef87d"><strong><span>'I would've been dead': Driver's plea for help after Queensland hit-run</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We were all getting ready for bed at the same time actually and I said, 'There's something going on out the front'," resident Elizabeth Ogilvie told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After allegedly failing to stop for police on Pearson road at 10.40pm, the Holden Commodore hit a dead end.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver's next move is hard to see on the CCTV footage but he's accused of ramming a police car.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/churchlands-chase-wa-police-officers-injured-in-wild-chase-through-perth/15563625-f54d-476e-be4f-5ed4017a9ec4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was six police cars I just saw them coming up and down," neighbour Vanessa told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 29-year-old's daring dash wasn't over there.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He appeared to hit the accelerator, reversing into a parked Kia, pushing Ogilvie's vehicle sideways.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was such a big kerfuffle I thought they'd smashed into every car in the cul-de-sac," the mother-of-four said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rowson was arrested and faced court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was accused of speeding 50km/h over the limit on the wrong side of the road with two kids inside the car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The police car was written off and two officers were injured during the ordeal, experiencing whiplash plus neck, back and shoulder pain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were sent for medical treatment.</span></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" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>

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