A man has been arrested after he stole a car from Hindley Street and then crashed the car at Lockleys a short time later.
Just after 10pm on Monday 2 November, a delivery driver stopped in Hindley Street to pick up a food order, leaving the engine running in his unattended Toyota Camry. Moments later the driver returned to find his car heading west down Hindley Street.
Police communications then received several reports of the stolen silver Camry driving erratically on West Terrace and then Sir Donald Bradman Drive.
At 10.15pm the stolen car crashed at the intersection of Tapleys Hill Road and Sir Donald Bradman Drive at Lockleys, colliding with another vehicle after the Camry disobeyed a red light.
The male suspect in the stolen car then ran from the scene, with police patrols setting up cordons in the area and calling a police dog patrol .
Police Dogs, Marley and Arnie searched the back streets of Lockleys and then into Export Park next to the airport, where the suspect was located.
The 33-year-old man from Oaklands Park was arrested and charged with illegal use, driving in a manner dangerous, driving disqualified and fail to stop after a crash.
The arrested man has been refused police bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court later today.
The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 50-year-old luckily escaped the crash at Lockleys with only minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
