Mother arrested after leading police on pursuit with two infant children in car in Sydney’s south-west

Sydney : A woman has been arrested after she allegedly hit five cars while being pursued by police, with her two infant children in the back seat in Sydney’s south-west. Police said the 33-year-old unlicensed driver, who was known to police, drove through a red light on the M5 motorway at the Heathcote Road exit at Moorebank.
She then failed to stop for officers shortly before 10.00pm on Saturday.The pursuit began when the woman allegedly accelerated to 110 kilometres per hour in a 60 kilometre per hour zone along Nuwarra Road into Chipping Norton.It is alleged she sideswiped three cars during the police chase and then hit the back of another before mounting the kerb and hitting a van.Officers said the car finally came to a stop in the front yard of a home.The woman from Ramsgate was arrested and returned a negative roadside breath test.
Her two children, a 14-month-old girl and a three-month-old boy, were taken to Liverpool Hospital with their mother for precautionary checks.
Inspector Ken Hardie said the children were apparently properly restrained in baby capsules and were not injured.”The children have been handed over to DOCS and I believe they are with their grandmother at this stage,” he said.The woman is expected to be charged with a number of traffic offences, including being an unlicensed driver and police pursuit, known as Skye’s Law.