Police have charged a boy after a stolen car and trailer were allegedly driven through the Sunshine Coast last night.
At 5:30pm a Toyota Landcruiser and a trailer were stolen from a Fremantle Place address in Kulin. It will be alleged the driver also collided into a parked car on Elkhorn Street and failed to stop.
Police observed the vehicle travelling dangerously on Sugar Road through Maroochydore a short time later and commenced a pursuit .
A tyre deflation device was successfully deployed along Maroochydore Road and then again at Bungama Street, however the vehicle continued to travel through Maroochydore with the ramps of the trailer dragging along the road.
At about 6:35pm, the driver lost control on Horton Parade and the car jack-knifed and crashed into a gutter.
The alleged driver, a 14-year-old boy, was taken into custody at the scene and struck an officer causing minor face swelling.
Upon a search of the boy,
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