A Porsche driver who had just been pulled over fled the scene after a truck ploughed into four police officers, killing them all.
A truck was travelling at 100 kilometres per hour in a Melbourne freeway emergency lane when it hit and killed four police officers nabbing a speeding driver who tested positive to drugs.
Flags will fly at half-mast across Victoria on Thursday in honour of the officers who died when the truck ploughed into them as they stood on the Eastern Freeway at Kew on Wednesday.Further details about the female senior constable, male senior constable and two male constables, one of whom recently joined the force, are expected to be released later on Thursday.
Two of the officers pulled over the black Porsche 911, with the registration LLC 001, after it was clocked at 140 kilometres per hour on the freeway about 5:40pm on Wednesday. The driver tested positive to drugs, backup was called and two more officers arrived to impound the vehicle. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton is seen near where emergency services responded to the collision.All four officers were mowed down by the refrigerated truck after it veered off the traffic lanes into the emergency lane."It is an unprecedented event for us to lose so many officers in one event. Officers just doing their work, just doing their job," Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said Thursday.
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