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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-10-11 · by Shelby Brooks, Tori Malek
Story summary
On Sunday morning, a pedestrian was struck by a stolen white Ford Escape SUV driven by a teenage boy outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, just meters from the route of the Melbourne Marathon. The incident occurred around 10:30 AM and witnesses reported seeing police draw their weapons as the vehicle sped towards the crowd. The 16-year-old driver did a U-turn before speeding back along Flinders Street with police in pursuit. A barista at a nearby cafe described hearing a car “screaming from Elizabeth Street” moments before the collision, where it hit a woman and several parked cars. Ambulance Victoria confirmed one person was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital following the incident.
Written for “Woman Hit By Car Near Marathon” on 2026-10-11,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
A teenage boy has been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen car through Melbourne’s city centre on Sunday morning and hitting a pedestrian outside Flinders Street Station.
uncertain
boy → arrest → Station
Havoc erupted about 10.30am when the 16-year-old allegedly drove a stolen white Ford Escape through the CBD and struck a woman in her 50s, several parked cars and street signage.
uncertain
old → erupt → 50s
It is understood the SUV travelled along tram tracks on Elizabeth Street before it mounted the footpath and hit the Southbank woman, who had been standing at the busy intersection, before turning left onto Flinders Street.
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who → understand → Street
Witnesses reported seeing police draw their weapons as the vehicle travelled towards the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets, which was blocked off as part of the Melbourne Marathon route.
asserted
which → see → route
The driver then did a U-turn before speeding back along Flinders Street.
Barista Kirk Pearson was working at his Flinders Street cafe when he heard a car “screaming from Elizabeth Street”.
As the car sped away from police, Pearson said, bystanders scrambled to help the injured woman off the road so she wouldn’t be hit again.
asserted
she → do → road
The car then continued speeding towards Southern Cross Station with police in pursuit, he said.
asserted
he → continue → pursuit
Ambulance Victoria confirmed on Sunday afternoon that the woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to her upper body.
asserted
woman → confirm → body
Police said the Dandenong boy was later arrested on Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park, and would soon be interviewed.
asserted
boy → say → Parade
Investigators have ruled out the incident as an act of terrorism or a targeted attack.
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Investigators → rule → terrorism
One witness, who works at Walker’s Doughnuts on Elizabeth Street and asked not to be named, said panicked bystanders began crying immediately after the incident.
“Incidents happen every day,” he said.
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he → work → incident
But this is the most intense thing I’ve seen in the past three, four years.”
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I → see → years
The vehicle is alleged to have been stolen from a business in Cranbourne South about 2am.
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vehicle → allege → South
Though the Melbourne Marathon starting gun went off at 6.15am for those undertaking the full 42-kilometre course, thousands of runners participating in the half-marathon were still racing when the incident occurred – having set off at 9.45am.
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incident → go → 9.45am
Starting on Batman Avenue, 20,000 participants travelled west along Flinders Street and past the station before turning onto St Kilda Road.
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participants → start → Road
Runners then travelled to Albert Park Lake, and for full marathon participants a lap of Beaconsfield Parade followed, before they doubled back along St Kilda Road and Flinders Street Station to eventually finish inside the MCG.
asserted
they → travel → MCG
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