A driver from Port Kennedy has been charged with hitting a man and pinning him under his car after a fight at a Warnbro service station.
Police allege that the incident took place at around 8.20pm on Wednesday, when the accused went to the Caltex petrol station on Warnbro Sound Avenue to buy a couple of items.
When he returned to his Mitsubishi Lancer, a man known to him jumped into the front passenger seat and a fight broke out between them.
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The 29-year-old man in the passenger seat got out of the car and started to drive away.
The 33-year-old driver is alleged to have run into him, with the Lancer jumping the curb and plowing into the victim, trapping him under the vehicle.
Camera icon A man has been hospitalized after being hit by a car at a Warnbro service station. Credit: 7NEWS/7NEWS
Several people nearby managed to raise the victim’s car.
Police officers then gave him first aid before he was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with third degree burns to his back.
The driver was arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm with intent to injure and driving without authority.
He will appear at Rockingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Photos of the aftermath showed the Mitsubishi thrown into bushes near the service station, with the scene recorded by police.
Camera icon The police have recorded the scene. Credit: 7NEWS/7NEWS