WA man tries to ram police, firefighters

A 38-year-old man is in a West Australian hospital with suspected self-inflicted knife wounds after he attempted to ram a police car and a firefighting truck.

Police say the drama unfolded on Wednesday night on Marine Terrace in Geographe where the knife-wielding man forced them to drive onto a verge to avoid a head-on collision.

They claim he then tried to reverse into the police car and drove at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services truck, forcing four employees to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.

When police caught him, he had extensive injuries that are believed to be self-inflicted.

They say he will be charged.