Belconnen, ACT, March 17 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:

A 53-year-old Gungahlin man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after crashing his vehicle into a Kambah median strip after allegedly trying to evade police.

At about 12.45am this morning (Monday, 17 March) ACT Policing officers were conducting a mobile patrol on Damala Street in Warramanga where they observed a red Ford Mustang being driven erratically.

Police activated their emergency lights and sirens to try and stop the vehicle before police allege the driver of that vehicle drove away at high speed.

Officers observed the driver of that vehicle continuing to drive in an erratic manner, swerving across lanes and travelling onto the wrong side of...