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Two police officers were also taken to hospital but later discharged.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-12T09:05:28.394Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-12T06:32:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T09:05:28.394Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":70,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to WA Police; two independent outlets published full reports.","critic":"Reports include witness accounts and details of the crash scene.","hype":"Headlines use phrases like 'Breaking' and 'horribly wrong' but the body is factual."}},"tags":["#PolicePursuit","#TrafficCrash","#PerthNews","#PublicSafety"],"entities":["WA Police","Royal Perth Hospital","Leeming","South Street","Beasley Road"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["An 80-year-old man sustained serious injuries and is in hospital after his car was hit by an unmarked police vehicle during a pursuit.","The crash occurred in Leeming, Perth, when police were chasing a stolen car.","Two police officers were taken to hospital as a precaution and have since been discharged.","The driver of the stolen car was apprehended in Coogee."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"An 80-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a police pursuit ended in a collision in Perth's southern suburbs. The incident occurred on Monday morning when an unmarked police vehicle, pursuing a stolen car, collided with a civilian vehicle. Two police officers involved in the pursuit were taken to hospital as a precaution and later discharged."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The collision happened at the intersection of South Street and Beasley Road in Leeming. The stolen car had been spotted by officers earlier on Albany Highway in Maddington. Following the crash, the stolen vehicle was tracked by a police helicopter to a caravan park in Coogee, where its driver was arrested."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the sequence of events"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"PerthNow reported that the elderly driver of the Hyundai Accent gave way to the stolen vehicle before pulling out in front of the police car. 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