Two men face a string of charges after a dramatic police pursuit involving a stolen motorcycle and a saga that ended in a crash and one man needing to be rescued from a window ledge on the Central Coast Sunday.
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The motorcycle, which police allege was stolen from an Erina shopping centre, was seen around 10.30am travelling on Hely Street at Wyong, with rider and pillion passenger not wearing helmets, police said.
Police tried to stop the motorcycle on Enterprise Drive, but it allegedly failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated. The chase ceased a short time later due to safety concerns, police said.
The motorcycle continued travelling through the Central Coast area and was monitored by PolAir.
At the intersection of Erina Street and Henry Parry Drive at Gosford, the rider and passenger were thrown from the motorcycle after a collision with another vehicle.
A 30-year-old man was arrested; however, a second man, aged 23, had to be rescued from a window ledge of a nearby multi-storey building.
The younger man has been charged with two counts of larceny, shoplifting, take and drive conveyance, police pursuit failing to stop and driving recklessly, driving in a manner dangerous, unlicensed rider, and riding without a helmet with a passenger He was also charged with a revocation warrant.
The older man has been charged for not wearing a helmet as a passenger, being carried in conveyance, two counts of possessing a prohibited drug and breach of bail.
They have been bail refused to appear in Newcastle Local Court on Monday.
