Police are appealing for public assistance after a Road Policing Command motorcycle officer was injured during the intercept of a stolen vehicle at Ripley yesterday morning.
Shortly before 10am, the senior constable was responding to reports of a stolen blue Mazda sedan travelling in Yamanto when it was observed parked on the side of the Cunningham Highway at Swanbank.
When the officer arrived, they noticed a utility had pulled up with the Mazda with its driver assisting two men and a woman with repairs to the sedan.
As the senior constable approached the sedan, the male driver of the sedan attacked him.
The officer deployed his taser, without success and was able to call for assistance from additional police.
The driver has then returned to the sedan and became involved in a struggle with the officer who was attempting to remove the keys.
The sedan then accelerated away at speed with two passengers inside the vehicle.
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