A 29-year-old man has been charged with 18 offences after a male senior constable sustained a severe hand injury in Kelso this afternoon.
It will be alleged at 1.50pm, police attended a Riverway Drive address to apprehend a wanted person.
When police arrived, a 29-year-old man attempted to drive out of the property through several gates and fences.
It will be further alleged the man’s vehicle rammed into a police vehicle, crushing the police officer’s hand between the two vehicles causing him to lose the tips of two fingers.
The officer sustained significant, but non-life threatening injuries and is being flown to Brisbane for surgery.
The 29-year-old man sustained minor injuries.
The Rowes Bay man is scheduled to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with three counts of serious assault police officer, three counts of wilful damage, three counts of driving a motor vehicle without a driver licence, three counts of dangerous operation of a
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