About 4.50pm (Sunday 18 August 2013), a silver Holden 4WD was allegedly stolen from a Macksville petrol station.
Police sighted the vehicle travelling north on the Pacific Highway at Nambucca Heads and attempted to stop the driver, activating their warning lights.
Officers will allege the driver and sole occupant, failed to stop and sped off along the Pacific Highway.
About 5.15pm (Sunday 18 August 2013), police initiated a pursuit with the vehicle, which was terminated a short time later.
The vehicle collided with another car, causing minor damage and continued travelling north. No one was injured as a result of the collision.
The driver later lost control of the vehicle on the Pacific Highway, near the intersection of Ballards Road at South Urunga, causing it to leave the roadway and stop in the nearby bush.
Officers arrested the 20-year-old female driver and she was taken to Macksville Police Station.
She was charged with police pursuit (Skyes law), take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, exceed speed limit by more than 45kph, drive in a manner dangerous and never licensed person drive vehicle on road.
The woman, from Upper Coomera in Queensland, was refused bail to appear before Kempsey Local Court today (Monday 19 August 2013).
