No reports of explosion

Gosford Police have not received any official reports after a loud explosion was heard by Peninsula residents around Umina late evening on September 19.

According to Acting Inspector Bruce Coates, police were not called to the area in response to reports of a loud explosion.

Acting Inspector Coates said the explosion was likely to have been caused by fire crackers or a car backfiring.

"We can only speculate that the loud noise heard by residents was not serious as nothing was reported to police," Acting Inspector Coates said.

In other police reports, Acting Inspector Coates said police were called to Killcare on September 18 after a six-year-old girl was struck by a car.

He said police believed the young child ran out onto the road and sustained a broken leg in the incident.

Acting Inspector Coates also reported a robbery in Booker Bay Rd, Ettalong, around 8.40pm on September 11.

Police alleged a 17-year-old pizza delivery boy was apprehended by four males and forced to hand over seven pizzas.

No cash was taken from the teenager and he was not injured in the incident.

Meanwhile on September 12, a 67-year-old male was assaulted along Ocean Beach Rd near Memorial Ave in Umina.

According to Acting Inspector Coates, the elderly man was driving with his wife when they nearly collided with a push bike.

The man proceeded to pull over and speak with the bike rider but was physically assaulted.

The victim sustained no serious injuries and police are now looking for the bike rider who was described by police as a male in his mid-30s, around five feet and nine inches tall wearing black cycle clothes and riding a blue mountain bike.

Clare Graham, 22 Sep 2010 Bruce Coates, Gosford Police