A police stand-off has come to an end with a red Jeep ending up in the water.

6PR and Nine News reporter Jamie Freestone says the man managed to get out of the Jeep after driving it off the Jetty and revealed the m /

“I’m told the gentleman is alive, he’s got out of the vehicle and is sitting on the spare tire on the back of the Jeep,” he told Simon Beaumont.

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A large police presence surrounded the red Jeep at the Claremont Jetty this morning after witnesses saw the driver behaving erratically.

Witnesses claimed the driver allegedly rammed a police car after he reversed onto the Jetty.

Caller Marion said she saw the driver allegedly driving down Stirling Highway earlier today.

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“I thought he was going to have an accident, but then he drove up the curb onto the footpath and surrounds of the Christ Church building,” she said.

A police spokesperson says it’s believed the driver had been involved in an earlier collision and has urged the public to stay away from the area,

Image: Nine News.