A stolen car has flipped onto its bonnet after the driver crashed at high speed while allegedly trying to evade police.
Police chased the vehicle through suburbs in Melbourne’s north-east last night and arrested the male driver and female passenger.
Victoria Police said officers were called to reports of people loitering suspiciously in Altona Street, Heidelberg Heights about 11:40pm Thursday.
Officers arrived at the scene and saw two people in a stolen Kia Rio leaving the area at high speed.
Officers followed the vehicle through Heidelberg West and into Preston, where the 30-year-old female passenger got out and was arrested.
The Kia then continued through Thornbury and Kingsbury, before returning to Preston.
A man was taken to hospital under police guard after the crash in Preston. (ABC News)
Victoria Police said the vehicle reached speeds of up to 120km/h before the driver lost control of the car and hit a tree on Gilbert Road, Preston.
The vehicle ended up on its roof at the scene of the crash.
A 46-year-old man was taken to hospital under police guard with non-life threatening injuries.
The vehicle is believed to have been stolen from an address in Thomastown.
The man and woman will be interviewed over the incident.
