By Alesha Capone
Dash Cam footage captured in Werribee, which shows a car becoming airborne and narrowly missing another vehicle on the Princes Highway, has been seen by thousands of online viewers.
The owner of the footage, Johnny (who asked for his last name to be withheld), sent the video to the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook page earlier this month.
The footage, which has been watched more than 117,000 times, was recorded on May 3 about 9.40am.
The video shows a Toyota Camry leaving the outbound lane of the freeway, spraying dirt into the air as it travels across a strip of land next to the road. The car becomes airborne and lands on the freeway, forcing another vehicle to veer out of its way, before stopping at the freeway barrier’s fence.
Johnny said that he witnessed the Camry being driven erratically before it reached the freeway.
“What I was thinking was, this person’s going to cause an accident,” Johnny said.
“When he started going off road, as seen in footage, I thought he would realise and stop, but then he kept going.”
Johnny said that both he and three other cars pulled over, and that the Camry’s driver appeared to get out of his vehicle and lay on the ground.
Johnny said he gave a statement to police after they arrived on the scene, and later supplied officers with his Dash Cam footage.
A Victoria Police spokesman said the circumstances surrounding the single-vehicle crash were being investigated.
The driver of the vehicle, a 31-year-old Werribee man, was taken to hospital and subsequently discharged. He is assisting police with their inquiries.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
