Woman dragged from car at COVID-19 checkpoint in Victoria

Woman dragged from car at COVID-19 checkpoint in Victoria
Photo credit: Facebook/Natalie Bonett

Shocking footage shows a Victorian woman being dragged from her car at a routine vehicle checkpoint in Australia.

In a Facebook post, Natalie Bonett said police stopped her entering Wullan checkpoint, north of Melbourne, one that she travels through "every single day".

The 29-year-old said the police officer told her it was "against the law" to have a mobile phone mount on her windshield.

When the officer attempted to get into her car, she started recording.

Warning: This video contains offensive language

The video, shared to Facebook by Bonett, shows an officer asking for Bonett to state her name and address.

When she refused, the officer asked her to get out of the car. "No, I don't feel safe, you're armed," she said.

The video then shows the officer climb into Bonett's car, undo her seatbelt and attempt to pull her from the front seat.

Amid a physical struggle against the officer, Bonett shouts "what the f**k are you doing? What the f**ck, get off me".

The footage shows a man sitting in the driver's seat trying to pull Bonett back towards the vehicle.

"[The officer] had four police officers grab me by the legs and pull me out of my car and arrested me," Bonett said in the Facebook post.

"I am shaking, crying and in complete disbelief that I was treated this way."

While being arrested, Bonett said she "couldn't breathe" because the officers had their knees in her back.

A police spokesperson told 7News that the woman refused to provide her details and drivers licence, and that the mobile phone mount was obstructing her view.

When asked about the incident at a press conference on Sunday, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said: "No one is entitled, when pulled over, to not provide their name and to not provide their driver's license.

"All of that could have been avoided if the person had simply, after the fourth time she was asked, given her name."

The video has 4600 comments and almost 6000 shares on Facebook.