Driver accused of multiple hit-and-run crashes allegedly bites officer during Adelaide arrest

Key points

• A 32-year-old Pookara woman is accused of a string of hit-and-run crashes in Adelaide, beginning in the northeastern suburbs after midnight on Sunday. Police allege she fled in her Toyota RAV4 and was involved in three more hit-and-run crashes.
• Her car later collided head-on with a Mini Cooper on Mann Rd at North Adelaide, leaving the other driver in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police allege the woman punched one officer numerous times and bit another on the finger during her arrest.
• She has not yet been charged but is expected to be once deemed medically fit.