The alleged driver of a truck that crashed into and killed four Victorian police officers is hit with four major driving charges and taken into custody.
A 47-year-old truck driver has been charged with four counts of culpable driving causing death, in relation to the freeway crash that killed four police officers.The truck that crashed into police officers on the Eastern Freeway at Kew, Victoria and killed all four of them was allegedly travelling at 100kph at the time of impact
Police were at the side of the road to impound a Porsche driven by Richard Pusey, who has been charged with multiple offencesSenior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Glen Humphris and Constable Josh Prestney died when the truck crashed into them while they were dealing with a Porsche driver in an emergency lane on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway at Kew.
The four officers had been standing in the emergency lane of the freeway as they prepared to impound a Porsche 91It alleged by police that Mr Pusey's Porsche was being driven at 149 kilometres per hour when they made the decision to pull him over. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said on Thursday that the truck appeared to have moved from the right-most lane of the freeway to the emergency lane shortly before it hit the officers while travelling at 100 kilometres per hour.
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