TEEN IN STOLEN CAR RAN OVER COP AND GIRL:

A TEENAGER says he “needs” to be locked up for running over a policeman and a girl during a wild, drugfuelled pursuit in Geelong.

Pacey Pettina, 19, was on ice and driving a stolen car when he reversed over the two victims on a Bell Park street.

The girl, 17, was left in an induced coma, while the policeman was unable to walk for a week.

Pettina, of Whittington, pleaded guilty on Friday to more than a dozen charges, including recklessly causing serious injury and dangerous driving while being pursued by police.

He also pleaded guilty to intentionally exposing an emergency worker to risk by driving.

Pettina and the girl had been together in the stolen station wagon when it was spotted in South Geelong about 1.20am on September 26 last year.

Police tracked the vehicle as it fled dangerously towards Norlane, reaching up to 150km/h on Melbourne Road.

Prosecutor Andrew Moore told the County Court the car travelled on the wrong side of the road on multiple occasions and, at one stage, its headlights were switched off.

A police helicopter followed the vehicle to Yaraan Street, Bell Park.

Officers surrounded the stolen car before Pettina deliberately rammed a police vehicle in a bid to escape.

Dramatic vision played to the court showed the girl being pulled from the car and arrested on the ground when Pettina suddenly reversed over her and the officer.

The car ran over the girl’s abdomen, causing fractures to her pelvis and femur and a perforated bowel.

The policeman escaped with ligament damage, bruising and abrasions after the car drove over his ankle.

Pettina was brought to a stop moments later after a police car rammed the stolen vehicle on Ballarat Road.

A meat cleaver was found in the car and Pettina later tested positive to methylamphetamine.

Mr Moore said the teenage victim spent three days in a coma, while post-surgery complications led her to be in a wheelchair for 12 weeks.

He said the policeman required a walking boot for several weeks and continues regular physiotherapy.

The court heard Pettina was remorseful, stating he was “sorry” and “never wanted to hurt anyone”.

He has been in custody since his arrest.

Defence lawyer Tim Sullivan said Pettina had stated he “deserves and he needs” jail to realise how badly he behaved.

“Perhaps he has grown up,” Mr Sullivan said.

“Perhaps it has taken this tragic and sad offending to make him wake up to realise what he has done and what can happen in these terrible situations when evading police.

“He has a life in front of him, he just needs to sort himself out and … try to make something of himself.”

Pettina will be sentenced on September 2.