Emergency services including paramedics and multiple police responded to an incident in Melbourne's city centre after witnesses reported a car driving erratically down Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street, near the Melbourne marathon route where thousands were running past Flinders Street Station.
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The incident occurred near the Melbourne marathon event, where thousands of participants were running a route that passed Flinders Street Station at the Swanston Street end.
Emergency services including paramedics and multiple police have responded to an incident in Melbourne's city centre.
Witnesses have told the ABC there was a car driving erratically down Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street, with police remaining at the scene.
The chaos unfolded very close to the Melbourne marathon event, where thousands of people were running a route that passed by Flinders Street Station at the Swanston Street end.
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