A teenager has been charged after a 53-year-old man was allegedly dragged 30 metres when he fell from the roof of a moving car in a fatal hit-run collision at Dingley Village last week.
A teenager has been charged after a man was allegedly dragged to his death when he fell from the roof of a moving car in a hit-run collision in Melbourne's south-east.
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit on Monday questioned a 19-year-old from Dandenong South who handed himself into police.He was charged overnight with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop and render assistance. The victim's body was was found by a passerby at Spring Road, Dingley Village, just before 5am on Friday.Police said they believed he was involved in an altercation with the alleged driver and ended up on top of a Holden Commodore before falling and being dragged 30 metres.The Commodore was found in bushes at the end of Spring Road.
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