A knife-wielding man who allegedly tried to steal a car in the carpark of Casey Hospital on Wednesday 23 October has been arrested.
Police say a 55-year-old woman was sitting in her car near the entrance to the hospital’s emergency department when the man allegedly got into the passenger seat just after 5.30pm.
The man allegedly produced a knife and demanded that the driver get out of her car.
The woman attempted to grab the keys from the ignition and as she did, the man pushed her from the car, police say.
The victim fell to the ground, fracturing her shoulder, while the man drove away in her Mazda sedan.
Police arrested the 44-year-old man of no fixed address, in Wantirna South earlier Thursday 24 October.
Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged with aggravated carjacking, recklessly cause serious injury and theft of motor car.
He has been remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on Friday 25 October.
