Overview
- Just after 10pm, a stolen white Mazda rear-ended a grey Kia rental at the McDonald's drive-through on The Esplanade in St Kilda.
- A male from the Mazda allegedly slashed the 17-year-old Kia passenger before the Kia drove off and was followed into St Leonards Avenue.
- Police say the offenders abandoned the Mazda, got into the Kia, and ran over the teenager, who is in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
- The Kia was found abandoned on Fitzroy Street with rear damage, and two males of African appearance fled on foot toward Beaconsfield Parade.
- Detectives are examining whether the groups were known to each other and urge anyone with information or footage to contact Crime Stoppers, with specialist teams and the Air Wing assisting the search.