Police have charged a woman after an allegedly stolen Mazda crashed in Brunswick West early hours of yesterday morning.
It is alleged that a stolen blue Mazda sedan crashed into an unoccupied parked car and a power pole on Brunswick Road about 12.30am on Friday, 11 July.
The crash caused the engine block of the Mazda to ignite on fire.
Investigators allege the driver of the vehicle took off from the crash on foot.
The car fire was successfully extinguished and officers seized a substantial amount of cash from the abandoned vehicle.
Officers arrested a woman, alleged to be the driver, at a nearby property on Brunswick Road.
Investigators allege that the Mazda was stolen from a Coburg address on Thursday, 10 July.
A 42-year-old woman of no fixed address has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle, handle proceeds of crime and various driving offences.
She was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court later today.
