Five people have been charged and a police officer injured on the Gold Coast last night following a traffic crash involving an alleged stolen vehicle.
Police alleged about 8.40pm, officers were patrolling on foot along Surfers Paradise Boulevard before they spotted a vehicle, reportedly stolen from an Oxenford property, last Monday.
When officers approached the vehicle, it will be alleged the driver accelerated forward, knocking one officer to the ground, and collided with another vehicle in front of it.
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Officers then arrested the vehicle's five occupants.
The injured officer, a male senior constable, was taken to hospital.
A 16-year-old Labrador boy has been charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle, acts intended to resist arrest, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He was refused bail and is due to appear in the children's court today.
A 19-year-old Loganholme woman, a North Booval man, aged 20, a 35-year-old Paradise Point man and a Nerang man, aged 36, were charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The four adults were refused bail and are scheduled to appear in court today.
