Police have located a 28-year-old man Jensen tonight after he allegedly absconded from a Townsville low security correctional centre around 7.30am, March 6.
Police will allege, shortly after 10pm last night, the man became trapped when a stolen car he was driving along Texas Road left the road and crashed into the front yard of a home.
The vehicle had allegedly been stolen from a Deeragun address a short time before.
The man was freed from the vehicle by emergency services and transported to the Townsville University Hospital where he remains in police custody.
Investigations are continuing.
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