Melbourne CBD hit-run injures pedestrian, driver flees scene
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A pedestrian has been injured after being hit by an allegedly stolen vehicle in Melbourne's CBD, near Queen Victoria Market, Victoria Police say.
The incident, which was not believed to be terrorism-related, happened on A'Beckett St near Queen Street.
Police tried to stop an allegedly stolen car driving on Flinders Street about 5:00pm and the car took off.
It hit a pedestrian and three vehicles on A'Beckett St.
The driver — a man — and a male passenger fled on foot.
The driver is described as being Caucasian, about 183 centimetres tall, with his hair tied back and wearing a high-vis top.
The passenger is believed to be in his 20s or 30s, Caucasian and wearing a grey top.
The pedestrian was taken to The Alfred hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Witness Troy Naismith said the silver car hit the gutter, as well as other cars, before knocking over a traffic light, which then hit a pedestrian.
"He came up the gutter here, ping-ponged, hit the sign there, he hit a few cars on the way up, hit the traffic lights, knocked the traffic light over, which hit another bloke, hopped out of the car and ran up to Queen Street," he said.
"It looked like he was deliberately running away but it didn't look like he deliberately hit someone."
There was a second, unrelated incident nearby on Market St, in which a traffic light was struck, injuring another pedestrian.
Police are urging people to avoid the area.
The incident occurred a short distance from the Bourke St Mall where six people died after being hit by a car in 2017.
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