Eight teenagers are in police custody after allegedly dragging a woman from her car during a violent carjacking on the Gold Coast.
The 50-year-old Pacific Pines woman was on her way to work in Ashmore on Sunday morning when her car was allegedly struck by the car carrying the teenagers, at a set of traffic lights.
The woman followed as the teens fled the accident scene.
Police say when they realised they were being followed the teenagers stopped and turned on the woman, dragging her from her Toyota Corolla and leaving in her car.
The vehicle was later spotted near Logan b ya police helicopter, which tracked it to the train station at Richlands, southwest of Brisbane, where five teens were arrested.
A short time later the vehicle dropped another two teenagers nearby at Inala where two girls were arrested.
Police continued to track the stolen car as the driver headed toward Logan before a tyre deflation device finally brought it to a stop at Hillcrest.
The driver tried to escape on foot before he was caught at a nearby address.
The eight youths, aged between 13 and 17, are in custody as investigations continue.