Alleged bandit run down by police car after pursuit ends in crash on Ipswich Motorway The alleged bandit's vehicle after the crash. THIS is the aftermath of a high-speed police pursuit after an alleged armed robber ran from a car wreck and was hit by a police car as he ran across the Ipswich Motorway. The man - wanted for three earlier armed robberies - was travelling with his accomplice about 11pm last night when the car travelling westbound on the motorway was stopped with stingers just after the Goodna on-ramp. Ipswich Inspector Keith McDonald said the stolen ute hit a centre concrete barrier and came to a rest about 500m away before the men attempted to run away. A police dog squad officer's vehicle then crashed into the man. "He was hit as he was running across the motorway," he said. At the scene, from where the stingers were to where the police vehicle (was) it would not have been able to see him because it was down around a sweeping left-hand bend and into a slight crest of the hill. Insp McDonald said the Gumdale man, 24, was in police custody at Dutton Park Station after being released from Princess Alexandra Hospital following the incident. He said the man, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, had deep lacerations and burn wounds. Police found cash and knives in the stolen black Holden Crewman ute. The police vehicle that ran into the alleged bandit. The man's accomplice is still at large. He said the men entered the Newnham Hotel about 5.25pm and attempted to remove a money changing machine but failed and left. The men entered a convenience store on Holland Rd, Holland Park, and allegedly threatened staff with a knife and fled with cash. At 9.40pm the men then entered the Shaftson Hotel and again tried to remove a money changing machine but were unsuccessful. They then threatened a staff member and fled with cash. Police launched a pursuit about 10.40pm at Acacia Ridge but it was stopped. The second pursuit took place on Boundary Rd at Oxley. Insp McDonald said it had been labelled a "critical incident" and was being investigated by the Ethical Standards Command.