06:05 EDT, 20 January 2021
This is the wild moment a van driver sped through the car park of a busy Sydney shopping centre before crashing into a row of parked cars.
Cops pointed their guns at the vehicle before it sped away outside an entrance to the Bankstown Central Shopping Centre about 12.40pm on Wednesday.
In dramatic scenes, officers pulled the driver from the van after it came to a crashing halt.
A man was dragged to the ground by police outside a busy Sydney shopping centre on Wednesday afternoon after driving away from officers and crashing into parked cars
Police had dragged the driver from the van after the vehicle came to a crashing halt outside the Bankstown Central Shopping Centre
Sydney news: Mount Druitt Hospital emergency department closes for cleaning after COVID-19 patient attends
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Mt Druitt Hospital closure
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ABC News)
Mount Druitt Hospital in Western Sydney is undergoing infection control cleaning after a positive COVID-19 case attended the emergency department (ED).
The patient presented on Saturday and received a positive result last night and were transferred to Westmead Hospital.
The Mount Druitt ED is now closed for cleaning and ambulances are being diverted to nearby hospitals, including Blacktown Hospital.
The clean is expected to be completed by 9:00am today but there are doctors and nurses available in an ambulatory care space outside the ED for any patients who present directly.