Two injured in alleged deliberate hit-and-run

A suspected deliberate hit-and-run has left two pedestrians injured in central Geelong.

Detectives from the Geelong Crime Investigation Unit allege a green Audi drove into the two men while they were walking along Police Lane just before 7am on Sunday.

The driver fled the scene.

A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries.

Investigators later located the Audi in Thomson and arrested a 22-year-old man near the scene.

The Thomson man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering life, intentionally causing injury, driving in a dangerous manner, failing to stop after an accident, failing to render assistance and possessing cannabis.

He is due to appear before Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Monday.