Lake Illawarra Police have arrested a 29-year-old man after a high-speed pursuit on the Princes Highway on Sunday between Gerroa and Dunmore.

After highway patrol officers attempted to stop the man driving a gold Nissan Patrol for an alleged speeding offence on the highway at Bombo about 2.45pm on Sunday, he allegedly drove away despite police turning on their warning lights for him to pull over.

He drove north to Dunmore before turning the vehicle around to head south to Gerroa.

Police deployed road spikes at Gerroa which brought the pursuit to an abrupt end.

The driver was arrested and transported to Lake Illawarra Police Station before being then taken to Wollongong Hospital.

There was heavy traffic in the area during and immediately after the incident from South Kiama to Bombo.

Police are continuing their investigations into the incident.

It was the second high-speed pursuit involving Bombo in the past three weeks - a 25-year-old man failed to appear in Nowra Local Court last Tuesday due to medical reasons after he was arrested on Saturday, July 12, following a series of incidents that began just before 1pm in Worrigee.

Police allege he approached a 66-year-old woman sitting in her Ford Mustang on Illawarra Circuit, striking her repeatedly with an axe before forcing her out of the car and running her over as he fled in the vehicle.

He led police on an hour-long pursuit through Nowra, Bomaderry, Berry, Gerringong and Kiama, with police alleging the Mustang reached speeds of 180km/h and was driven on the wrong side of the Princes Highway before crashing into a ute in Kiama Downs.