{"id":846542,"date":"2026-08-07T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846542\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:58:15","slug":"police-allege-two-boys-12-chased-by-ute-in-mildura-shopping-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846542\/","title":{"rendered":"Police allege two boys, 12, chased by ute in Mildura shopping mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A child has been flown to Melbourne with serious injuries after a man allegedly drove after two kids riding motorised bikes in a north-west Victorian shopping mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Victoria Police arrested and charged 56-year-old New South Wales man Andrew Brien after the incident, which occurred just after 11pm on Thursday in Mildura.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Authorities said the driver of the ute followed the two 12-year-old boys through the pedestrian-only Langtree Mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officer near a white ute and a mangled push bike\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b8a896504ee7cb72ae6ab2a39643e50b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Crime scene investigators gather evidence after a collision in Langtree Mall. (ABC News: Wade Stephens)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The ute hit both children. Both boys sustained upper body injuries and were taken to hospital, with one being flown to the Royal Children&#8217;s Hospital Melbourne in a serious condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man in a black shirt smiling\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0551c5c8160fb24e9f9dbc5024f48dc2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Brien, 56, will return to court next week for a bail application. (Supplied: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Brien made no application for bail after appearing in Mildura Magistrates&#8217; Court late on Friday, and will re-appear in court next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has been charged with four counts of reckless conduct endangering life, and one count each of intentionally causing injury, drive in a dangerous manner, and dangerous driving causing serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>The crime scene<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A large crime scene, spanning half the length of the mall, was established shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A mangled motorised push-bike, with a brown children's cap\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dd875a12a376e6a46e6ac7c5d0320305.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A mangled motorised pushbike with a child&#8217;s cap attached. (ABC News: Wade Stephens)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Part of a misting system at the Eighth Street end of the mall had been uprooted by the impact, and was splayed across a nearby street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A light fixture was also heavily damaged in the incident, as was a motorised pushbike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rubber tyre marks were seen along the pavement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Type marks on pavement, next to two numbered police cones, used to mark evidence\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1fcfad12042f0efb527072c668c794fd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Fresh tyre marks were visible on the Langtree Mall pavement. (ABC News: Wade Stephens)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police are urging anyone who witnessed the collision or had any information to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>More news from regional Victoria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A child has been flown to Melbourne with serious injuries after a man allegedly drove after two kids&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12753,43216,27609,43,57596,417458,417459,44,41,39,42,40,2024,9963],"class_list":["post-846542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-child","tag-collision","tag-crime-scene","tag-headlines","tag-injured","tag-langtree-mall","tag-mildura-crime-investigation-unit","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-victoria-police","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846542","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=846542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}