Two men are in hospital and police are now investigating after a wild brawl broke out following a night of Boxing Day celebrations.
The fight began on Point Nepean Road in the heart of Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula at 2am Friday morning.
The two injured have non-life threatening injuries after the violent fight broke out amongst two groups of men.
Victorian Police said in a statement the two groups launched into the wild brawl near the Continental Hotel and that their ‘investigation remains ongoing’.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson confirmed that a man suffering upper and lower-body injuries had been taken to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.
Police have urged anyone with information about what happened of CCTV of the fight itself to contact them immediately.
Two men are in hospital after a violent brawl broke out between two groups near the Continental Hotel (pictured) on Point Nepean Road in Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula
The Continental Hotel (pictured) confirmed there was an incident but said it happened off-site at a nearby playground
Elsewhere in the state police officers were also kept busy over the Christmas period.
Three males were arrested following a pursuit through Melbourne which also took place Friday morning.
Police sighted a Mercedes Coupe travelling at speeds in excess of 200km/h along the Burwood Highway in Ferntree Gully at 1.30am.
Victoria Police’s Air Wing tracked the Mercedes through Endeavour Hills, Lynbrook, Cranbourne, and Lang Lang while officers on the ground followed in hot pursuit.
The vehicle came to a stop in Newhaven before three boys, two sixteen-year-old and one 17, who attempted to flee on foot were arrested.
The trio are expected to be interviewed and officers are investigating whether the incident was related to a Mercedes which had been stolen from Bentleigh East.
Sixty-four kilometres north-west another man had been arrested after he allegedly deliberately drove his car into the Craigieburn police station at 3.40pm on Thursday.
Police allege the man got out of his vehicle after the crash and proceeded to damage two more windows before he was arrested.
Charges have yet to be laid and police are continuing their investigation into the matter.
