{"id":823031,"date":"2026-07-25T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823031\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:54:13","slug":"woman-charged-after-alleged-170km-h-police-pursuit-across-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823031\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged after alleged 170km\/h police pursuit across Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 24-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly leading police on an hour-long pursuit across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/sydney-fp5\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a>, reaching speeds of more than 170km\/h.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/vic\/female-police-officer-trapped-in-speeding-car-during-arrest-20260725-p60ii3.html\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police<\/a> allege the Friday night chase stretched from Campbelltown to Greenacre, involving more than 50 officers alongside PolAir.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/98c4c5e69aba7a30182c9307930579946f104675a2d8594264f475dde5384a55.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Police allege a 24-year-old reached 170km\/h on the dial before officers blew her tires and boxed her in.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>During the chase, police claim the driver ran red lights, mounted footpaths, and repeatedly put dozens of lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was finally pinned in by police on Brunker Road in Greenacre just before 11.00pm.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by 9News at the scene, the driver didn\u2019t respond as officers took her into custody.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8ad3a4ba7d27f6c90c711fdd54db40283df90c7ed6e11a555b60b3c63f513f87.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Police allege a 24-year-old mounted footpaths and ran red lights during a high-speed Sydney pursuit.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit unfolded during a road safety blitz conducted by the NSW Police Raptor Squad, aimed at cracking down on dodgy vehicles that are not road safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do all we can to ensure community safety and road safety for all users,\u201d Raptor Squad Detective Superintendent Andrew Koutsoufis said during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Police said roadside drug and alcohol tests conducted on the 24-year-old woman came back negative.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to the police station and charged with driving offences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 24-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly leading police on an hour-long pursuit across Sydney, reaching speeds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-823031","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\/823031","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=823031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}