Police have released vision of a man who may be able to assist with inquiries following the assault of a police officer at Harlaxton on the weekend.
At around 2.40am on Saturday, May 19 officers attended a licensed venue on the New England Highway following reports of a disturbance.
After speaking to a number of patrons police accompanied a man into the carpark for the purpose of obtaining his ID card.
The man entered a vehicle and started the engine, at which time a 31-year-old male constable attempted to intervene and prevent him from leaving.
The man punched the constable a number of times in the chest before driving away at speed over a footpath and directly across four lanes of the highway, striking a traffic island in the process.
The police officer was not seriously injured as a result of the incident.
The man is described as Aboriginal in appearance, aged in his 20s, around
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