Four teenagers have been arrested after a suspected stolen car hit a pedestrian in the heart of a major city.
A white BMW was seen being driven erratically on the Eastern Freeway at Doncaster in Melbourne's east early on Monday afternoon.
Police followed it into the CBD, where the SUV struck a woman on Exhibition Street.
She suffered non life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital for observation.
The car was dumped on Bourke Street Mall, with the occupants fleeing on foot before being arrested outside a shopping centre on Lonsdale Street.
Two 17-year-olds, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old from the areas of Bendigo and Yarra Ranges are being interviewed.
Premier Jacinta Allan praised police for quickly arresting the teens.
"My thoughts are with the pedestrian who was injured as well as those who witnessed this event," she said in a statement.
"This is disgraceful, dangerous behaviour. Victorians won't tolerate it and neither will we."
Trams resumed running along the mall after they were delayed and diverted for more than hour.
Six people died and 27 were injured when James Gargasoulas drove into Bourke Street Mall in January 2017.
A driver rammed pedestrians crossing on the corner of Flinders and Elizabeth streets later that same year, killing an elderly man and injuring 17 others.
In November 2018, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali parked his ute on Bourke Street and set it alight before stabbing three people, killing Melbourne cafe owner Sisto Malaspina in a terror attack.
Police said no weapons were involved in Monday's incident and the car was believed to have been stolen from the Boroondara area on Sunday.
There were 28,482 motor vehicle thefts in Victoria over the year to the end of June 2025, according to the latest state crime statistics.
That equates to 78 thefts each day or one every 18 minutes.
Youth crime continues to rise in the state, with the number of offences committed by children aged 10 to 17 jumping 13.7 per cent year-on-year.
