![Police have charged an 18-year-old driver following a car rollover at Holbrook on Sunday night. Picture from file Police have charged an 18-year-old driver following a car rollover at Holbrook on Sunday night. Picture from file](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/172474527/ab03cc2e-cbf1-442f-a23f-c85967d9326a.jpg/r0_0_1200_675_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A learner driver has been charged with multiple driving offences after he allegedly led police on a pursuit that came to a crashing end on the Hume Highway at the weekend.
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Just before 6pm on Sunday, highway patrol officers were travelling north along the highway when they detected a black Holden Calais being driven at speed.
Police said officers directed the 18-year-old learner driver to stop, but he allegedly failed to do so and a pursuit began.
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However, the chase ended a short time later when the driver lost control near Holbrook and rolled the vehicle several times, before it hit a median strip and came to rest on its roof.
NSW Ambulance paramedics and the NSW Rural Fire Service crews also attended the scene.
As a result of the incident, both northbound lanes of the Hume Highway were closed to traffic on Sunday night, but reopened about 2.30am on Monday.
![A car crash saw the northbound lanes of the Hume Highway closed at Holbrook on Sunday night. Picture courtesy Google Maps. A car crash saw the northbound lanes of the Hume Highway closed at Holbrook on Sunday night. Picture courtesy Google Maps.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/172474527/8e7336c5-db3e-45ee-b405-68c2054b9ea9.png/r899_210_2270_1080_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The driver was arrested. He and his 26-year-old female passenger were taken to Albury Hospital as a precaution.
The man was later discharged from hospital and taken to Albury police station.
He was charged with class A motor vehicle exceed speed 45 km/h - estimated, police pursuit - not stop - drive at speed, learner not accompanied by driver/police officer/tester, and driver or rider state false name or home address.
He appeared at Albury Local Court on Monday, where he was formally refused bail to return to the same court on November 23.
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