A Queensland man swerving and colliding with automobiles was lastly caught on the Hume Highway in Victoria as witnesses to the rampage captured the wild scenes.
Driving a 4WD with a trailer, he was filmed performing an erratic u-turn earlier than pulling over and taking off on foot, fleeing across the median strip when the police took up the chase.
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The 40-year-old Bundaberg man was captured on video supplied to 7NEWS as he dashed throughout the freeway, forcing oncoming visitors to hit the brakes.
“He will get hit by a truck,” witness Camilla Linhart will be heard saying within the footage.
Police will be seen tackling him to the bottom and arrested the person, charging the reckless driver with 20 offenses on Friday night.
The footage reveals vehicles swerving to dodge him on the Hume Freeway, and one collision with a big white van – however extra erratic driving occurred off digital camera, simply prior in Wangaratta, Victoria Police instructed 7NEWS.
In Wangaratta – metropolis northeast of Victoria, 236 km from Melbourne alongside the Hume Freeway – the person didn’t cease after a number of collisions within the areas of Parfitt, Greta Rd, Riley Rd, Hanley St and Mason St.
A number of triple-Zero calls alerted the police to the motive force’s conduct at about 5pm.
“The driving force was seen to allegedly cross onto the mistaken facet of the street, reportedly ran crimson lights and was concerned in a number of close to misses,” police stated.
“It’s believed quite a few automobiles have been compelled to swerve from the street to keep away from hitting the person together with a b-double which needed to come to an entire cease.
“The Queensland man was arrested by responding police after he fled from his automobile and was seen strolling alongside the freeway.”
He was set to look in Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court docket on Friday, charged with two counts of reckless conduct endangering life, driving in a harmful method, 4 counts of failing to stay on the scene of a collision, 4 counts of failing to trade particulars, and quite a few visitors offenses.
He was additionally charged with drug possession and the possession of imitation firearms and gel blasters.
