A teenager has been charged following a pursuit and crash in Eastwood this afternoon, NSW Police say.
About 2.45pm (Thursday 29 November 2018), highway patrol police attempted to pull over a stolen Honda Odyssey on Victoria Road, West Ryde.
The vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated, but was terminated a short time later for safety reasons.
A short time later the vehicle crashed into a Holden Commodore before colliding into the fence of a public school on Shaftsbury Road.
The occupants ran from the crash scene into the school.
The school was placed into lockdown while officers from Ryde Police Area Command, with the assistance of PolAir, and the Dog Unit, conducted a search of the area.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested a short time later at Eastwood Railway Station.
Following a search, the school was taken out of lockdown.
The driver of the Commodore, a 47-year-old man, was uninjured.
The boy was taken to Ryde Police Station. When he was searched police allegedly located the key to another stolen vehicle.
He was charged with take and drive conveyance (x2) without consent of owner, goods in custody, driver never licensed, and dishonestly obtain property by deception.
The fraud offence allegedly occurred on Wednesday 21 November 2018.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at a Children’s Court on Monday 17 December 2018.
Information suggest two other males were in the car at the time and inquiries continue to identify and locate those males.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
