MAN CHARGED AFTER OFFICER STRUCK BY TRAIL BIKE – MAITLAND

A man has been charged after an officer was struck by a trail bike during a pursuit in the Hunter region earlier this year. Just before 7pm on Wednesday 14 April 2021, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District initiated a pursuit with the trail bike on the New England Highway at Maitland. A short time later, a senior constable who had exited a police vehicle was on foot near High Street, when the trail bike struck him. The rider was ejected, however, the motorcycle continued and hit a Mitsubishi Pajero travelling north on the New England Highway. The injured officer, a 36-year-old male senior...