Four teens arrested after car chase ends at Bourke Street mall in Melbourne CBD

<p>A pedestrian was allegedly struck on Exhibition Street before boys abandoned car and fled on foot, police say</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/29/australia-news-live-optus-suffers-fresh-triple-zero-glitch-labors-first-deficit-not-as-bad-as-feared">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Four teenage boys have been arrested after a car chase through <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/melbourne">Melbourne’s</a> eastern suburbs and into the city centre, which ended when they abandoned the allegedly stolen BMW in the middle of Bourke Street mall.</p><p>Police said they had first become aware of the teenagers about 12.30pm on Monday, when they saw them allegedly driving erratically in a BMW on the Eastern Freeway in Doncaster.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/29/four-teens-arrested-after-car-chase-ends-at-bourke-street-mall-in-melbourne-cbd-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>