A pregnant 19-year-old woman faced court today after engaging in a high-speed police chase with a 10-month-old on board, reaching speeds of 168km/h on New South Wales' coastal shores yesterday.
At around 12.10pm yesterday, Kirsty Lee Parker, who was on her L-plates, led police patrolling the M1 motorway in Somersby into a pursuit after being spotted going 168km/h in a 110km/h zone and failing to stop.
At one point, a passenger in the vehicle was allegedly spotted hanging out of the speeding car, filming the pursuit before it was later posted to social media.
Police deployed road spikes north on Swansea Bridge, but the vehicle dodged them.
Shortly after, police deployed road spikes again in Pelican, which were also avoided by the vehicle as it continued towards Belmont.
The car came