A man is due to face court today after he was charged over the police pursuit of a truck allegedly stolen from Austral.
About 8.50am on Monday, police officers attached to Nepean Police Area Command were patrolling Luddenham Road, Luddenham, when they saw a truck which had been reported stolen from a business on Fifteenth Avenue, Austral, a short time earlier.
Police attempted to stop the vehicle; however, when the driver allegedly failed to stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated.
The pursuit continued north on Luddenham Road and Elizabeth Drive and onto Mamre Road before heading westbound onto the M4 Motorway.
The vehicle allegedly performed a U-turn at Russell Street, Penrith, and continued east on the M4 Motorway where the driver stopped due to heavy traffic.
The driver of the truck – a 51-year-old man – was arrested and taken to Blacktown Police Station.
He was later taken to hospital for treatment where he remains under police guard.
He was charged with not obeying the direction of police and with driving a vehicle without a licence.
He was refused bail and will appear in court via a bedside hearing today (Tuesday, July 22).