A man will face court charged after the pursuit of a stolen truck across Sydney's west yesterday.
About 8.50am on Monday 21 July 2025, 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 obey direction of police / authorised person and unlicensed for class, class C, R, LR or MR.
He was refused bail and will appear via a bedside hearing before Blacktown Local Court today (Tuesday 22 July 2025).
