{"id":739307,"date":"2026-06-16T03:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739307\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T03:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:18:11","slug":"man-charged-after-crashing-car-while-fleeing-police-in-launceston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739307\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after crashing car while fleeing police in Launceston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged with multiple offences after allegedly crashing a car while trying to flee police in Launceston overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Police spotted a green Ford Festiva driving along Bathurst Street around 1:20am and activated lights and sirens to pull the vehicle over due to its driving behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>The car immediately turned into Frederick Street, ran a red light, then hit a roundabout and rolled multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>The driver fled the scene on foot but was arrested nearby.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to Launceston General Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67744\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A 29-year-old man was arrested after allegedly fleeing police in Launceston. Image \/ Pulse (File)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f56bb7e5-7m9n3eyt2qrgijy_myojz_hzmqd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>A 29-year-old man was arrested after allegedly fleeing police in Launceston. Image \/ Pulse (File)<\/p>\n<p>The man was charged with evading police in aggravated circumstances, reckless driving, using a vehicle while its registration was suspended, unlawful possession of property and possessing a controlled plant or its products.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone who saw a green Ford in the area at the time to come forward, including anyone with dash cam footage.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information can call 131 444 or Crimestoppers Tasmania on 1800 333 000 and quote reference OR808255.<\/p>\n<p>Information can be provided anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged with multiple offences after allegedly crashing a car while trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-739307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}