Police have charged a man following an incident in West End yesterday afternoon, March 22.
Police will allege around 2:30pm, a man entered a vehicle along Echlin Street, while the victim was making a delivery.
Police allege the man drove off with the victim still inside the vehicle, before colliding with a pole.
The man is alleged to have then assaulted the 24-year-old victim who sustained facial injuries. He was transported to the Townsville General Hospital for treatment.
A member of the public intervened, and the man fled the scene in a vehicle but was located by police a short time later.
A 25-year-old Cherbourg man has been charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle (use or threaten violence), unlawful entry of a vehicle for committing an indictable offence, and unlicensed driving.
He is scheduled to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court tomorrow, March 24.
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