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During the Melbourne Marathon on October 11, 2026, a stolen Hyundai car allegedly hit a woman near Flinders Street Station in the city center before speeding away. Witnesses reported seeing police officers with drawn guns as the driver narrowly avoided hitting marathon runners and made a U-turn after encountering roadblocks. Ambulance Victoria confirmed that paramedics transported one injured person to Royal Melbourne Hospital. The incident caused significant panic among spectators and participants of the event.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 11, 2026, a pedestrian was hit by a stolen white Ford Escape SUV near Flinders Street Station in Melbourne during the city's marathon event. The incident occurred at around 10:30 am when the vehicle, driven by a teenage boy, struck a woman and several parked cars before mounting the footpath on Elizabeth Street. Witnesses reported seeing police draw their weapons as the car approached the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets, which was blocked off for the marathon route. The driver then did a U-turn and sped back along Flinders Street with police in pursuit. An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson confirmed paramedics were called to the scene at 11 am, and one person had been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Written for “Melbourne Marathon Incident” on 2026-10-11,
grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.
Chaos at Melbourne Marathon as stolen car allegedly hits woman, almost breaks onto course
By
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car → steal → course
Harrison Christian, News.com.au
Published Oct. 11, 2026, 2:52 a.m. ET
See more of our coverage in your search results.
A stolen car has reportedly collided with a woman and narrowly missed the course for the Melbourne Marathon in the city center before speeding off.
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A young boy was “about [30 feet] away” from driving into the crowd at the event, one witness told 3AW presenter Jacqueline Felgate in a message she shared online.
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she → drive → message
“Cops got their guns out, told everyone to get down, and the kid did a U-turn and sped off — all the officers that were stationed here have all gone to chase the offender,” the witness said.
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witness → get → offender
Another witness described the stolen car as a “Hyundai with the bumper bar hanging off, speeding around the [central business district].”
“He was meters from breaking onto the marathon course outside of Flinders St Station.
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their guns drawn.
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Project Zero Coffee owner Kirk Pearson told the Herald-Sun: “I was just dead set looking out towards the station, and then I saw a car just come screaming through and hit a woman.”
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Pearson said the woman screamed out in pain while the vehicle took off and headed towards the Flinders St and Swanston St intersection, before taking a quick U-turn after seeing the road was blocked off for the Melbourne Marathon.
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road → say → Marathon
“Bystanders had to actually drag the injured person off the road so that they wouldn’t be hit again because this guy was not slowing down,” he said.
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he → have → road
A commentator on Felgate’s post claimed they had “witnessed it from my shop.”
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“Bystanders had to drag an injured person from the road after they were hit [so] the offender couldn’t run them over a second time when they came back the other way,” they said.
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Yet another witness said, “thank goodness there was a traffic control truck parked at the main Flinders St/Swanston St intersection so he wasn’t able to drive through the marathon runners.”
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he → say → runners
“He did a U-turn back down Flinders St and hit a person at the Elizabeth St entrance of the station,” they said.
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they → do → station
“It was insane, driving so fast and so erratically.
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Scariest thing I’ve ever witnessed.”
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Another post with a video from the scene claimed the car had “struck a woman.”
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car → claim → woman
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson told the Herald-Sun paramedics had taken one patient to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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paramedics → tell → Hospital
“Ambulance Victoria responded to reports of an incident in Melbourne at about 10:45 a.m. today (October 11),” the spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → respond → a.m.
“Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic crews attended the scene.”
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crews → attend → scene
News.com.au has contacted Victoria Police for comment.
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