The Nissan driver allegedly rammed the police cars and three parked cars before fleeing. Frankston Police Senior Sergeant Steve Burt condemned the actions of the thieves as "extremely dangerous" adding the young woman dragged by the car as she tried to save her dog could have been severely injured. "This sort of behaviour is just inexcusable," Senior Sergeant Burt said. "There is no reason to put innocent lives at risk. This could have eventuated in something much more serious, but we still have a young girl with facial injuries, who has lost teeth and is traumatised as a result of this very poor and brazen behaviour." Taylor Hall was injured as she attempted to save her dog Luna from carjackers who had stolen her convertible. Credit:Channel Seven

The thieves crashed the Nissan on Frankston-Cranbourne Road, then up to four offenders carjacked another vehicle that had stopped at the crash scene, a Renault convertible. Taylor Hall, 18, from Skye, was left with facial and leg injuries after she tried to rescue her dog, Luna, from the backseat of her Renault convertible before she was dragged along the road by the carjackers. "They just jumped straight into our car just yelling at us 'get out of the car, get out of the car'," she told reporters from her hospital bed on Tuesday. Ms Hall said she didn't think twice about risking her life to save her eight-month-old puppy. "I would have held on [to the car] for longer but as soon as I hit that kerb, I [was] flung off and I smacked straight into the kerb," she said.

"I didn't really care about my injuries, I was just worried about my dog." She later described her terrifying ordeal in a social media post. "I just want to let everyone know, I wasn’t punched in the face or hurt by the 2 guys," she wrote in a post to the Frankston community noticeboard Facebook page. "I was only hurt because I was trying to save my dog and got dragged by the car for about 50 metres before they hit the curb and I was flung off." In her post Ms Hall also confirmed that her assailants were of Caucasian appearance.

"There is a lot of different stories going around but this is the true one," she wrote. "No they weren’t sudos, they were 2 white men." Loading Replay Replay video Play video Play video One occupant, a 35-year-old Seaford woman, was left at the scene and arrested by police. Taylor Hall has facial and leg injuries after her ordeal. Credit:Facebook/Taylor Hall

Police pursued the car on Wells Road but quickly terminated the chase due to safety reasons. Ms Hall's car was found dumped a short time later on Wettenhall Road in Frankston. Ms Hall underwent surgery for injuries to her mouth on Tuesday and will require extensive dental work to fix her broken teeth. She has since been reunited with her dog Luna. Senior Sergeant Burt said the bloodied and injured thieves then tried to dodge police by hitching a ride with an unsuspecting good Samaritan who thought they were taking them to the hospital.

"We believe this person has picked them up in good faith," he said. "But we recommended to the public if they do come across a situation like this it's better to stay at the scene and call emergency services." Instead, the thieves got out of the car at busy intersection in Carrum Downs. Investigators believe the offenders were later seen behind the wheel of a gold Volkswagen Golf, which had been reported driving erratically along McClelland Drive. Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the attack was ‘‘a bad one’’. ‘‘A young girl was injured and was trying to rescue her dog from her car that got carjacked by these rat bags,’’ Mr Ashton told 3AW.

‘‘We think we know the identity of at least one of them ... we generally round them up fairly quickly.’’ The scene of the carjacking. Credit:Facebook/Frankston Community Noticeboard One of the men involved is described as Caucasian in appearance and was wearing a white baseball cap and black T-shirt. Another man involved is believed to have a tattoo on his neck. All involved are believed to have sustained injuries during the incidents and as a result are expected to have visible wounds.