NSW: Man run over in car on north coast

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2004
NSW: Man run over in car on north coast

A man's in hospital after being run over by a car near Newcastle.

NSW police say the man was seriously injured in the incident, which happened about
8pm (AEST) last night at Mallabula near Port Stephens.

He's in a stable condition in John Hunter Hospital with a dislocated elbow and abrasions
to the head.

Police arrested a 24-year-old man at the scene and later charged him with assault occasioning
actual bodily harm.

He's been bailed to appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court on September the 27th.

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