BY ISABEL EVERETT
A man is due to face court on Monday after allegedly deliberately hitting a cyclist and assaulting emergency services personnel in Newcastle.
About 7pm on Saturday a 23-year-old woman was riding her
bike on Heaton Street, Jesmond, when she was allegedly deliberately hit by a
man driving a Subaru Forster.
The woman was dragged by the vehicle, before it stopped.
Members of the public provided assistance to the woman before emergency
services arrived.
The driver, a 25-year-old man, exited the Subaru and allegedly tried to enter a NSW Ambulance vehicle, before assaulting a female paramedic.
She
sustained bruising, swelling and abrasions after being pushed to the ground.
The injured cyclist was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.
As police were attempting to breath test the driver, he allegedly tried to bite the hands of a male senior constable, before kicking him.
He was subsequently
taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
The officer did not require medical treatment.
The Jesmond man was charged with cause grievous bodily harm to person with intent, assault
occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, attempt to take and drive
conveyance without consent of owner and assault police officer in execution of
duty without actual bodily harm.
He was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Monday.
