UPDATE: A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ramming a stolen truck into police, pinning them to their vehicle.
The shocking incident happened just before 1.30pm at Meringadan on Wednesday.
It’s understood officers had identified a Hino truck which had been stolen along with a Hilux ute earlier in the day when they went to speak to the driver.
“Police will allege as they opened the door to the truck the driver accelerated, trapping the officers between the truck and police car before they were thrown across the bonnet and onto the road,” Queensland Police said.
A 54-year-old male detective senior constable was airlifted to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital for treatment to serious injuries and is now listed as stable.
While a 56-year-old male detective senior constable was transported locally to Saint Vincent’s Hospital for treatment to serious injuries and is also listed as stable.
The truck drove off but was soon followed by two marked police vehicles to a Goombungee waste management plant.
“It will be further alleged the truck then deliberately rammed the two vehicles causing extensive damage to them,” police said.
Two officers were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The man alleged to have been behind the wheel, a 45-year-old from Oakey, has been charged with a string of offences including two counts each of attempted murder and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
He’s also been hit with one count each of endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, break and enter, wilful damage, evade police and possess dangerous drugs.
He will appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.
EARLIER: Four Police officers have been injured, two of them seriously after being rammed by a stolen truck north of Toowoomba.
The truck, allegedly stolen from a tyre shop in Oakey, was spotted on Goombungee Meringandan Rd, Meringandan around 1.30pm on Wednesday.
Officers attempted to intercept the truck before it rammed a Police vehicle.
A 54-year-old male officer suffered leg and internal injuries and has been airlifted to the PA Hospital in Brisbane in a serious condition.
A 56-year-old male was also seriously injured and has been transported by road to St Vincents Hospital.
The truck fled the scene, sparking a pursuit along a number of country roads.
Tyre spikes were deployed before the truck rammed two other Police vehicles Paradise Road, Goombungee.
Two other officers suffered minor injuries as a result of airbags being deployed.
A 45-year-old man was taken into custody at the scene.
Two others allegedly connected to the theft of the truck were arrested earlier this morning.
