A teenager was arrested in Brisbane after a car crash and bizarre incident where he discarded a gold-plated machete. The incident involved a smashed Mercedes, a confused driver, and a dramatic chase for the weapon.
A teenager with a gold machete was arrested following a crash and bizarre encounter on a street in Brisbane 's south-east. A smashed-up Mercedes came to a stop in Alexandra Hills before the young driver emerged, bloodied and in a daze. Residents came to help, asking the teenager if he was OK as he ran back to his car and tossing out what appeared to be a gold-plated machete about 30 centimetres long.'Oh, look at that - gold plated and all,' one onlooker could be heard remarking.
When an onlooker tried to pick up the weapon, the teenager went back for it and threw it down a drain.Officers were forced to enter the stormwater drain to retrieve the gold knife.Minutes before the driver stopped his car, he allegedly smashed into Byrson Martin's vehicle outside his home.Martin said he tried to get the teenager's details but said he seemed agitated. 'I heard a massive bang ... ran out and noticed how bad crash was, he was trying to flee the scene straight away,' Martin said.'He was bleeding and just in a hurry to leave and kept wanting to go to Wellington Point, not sure why.
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