Home » News » P-plater avoids head-on crash with police

P-plater avoids head-on crash with police

21/02/2018

By Esther Lauaki

A 53-year-old Braybrook P-plater was arrested and his car was impounded overnight after allegedly driving on the wrong side of the freeway.

Police said that a dog squad vehicle swerved to avoid a car that was being driven on the wrong side of the Western Freeway at Rockbank just before 12.30am.

Another police unit spotted the same vehicle on the wrong side of Hopkins Road a short time later.

Police allege that the vehicle continued on the wrong side of Hopkins Road causing multiple vehicles to swerve to avoid a collision.

The driver was eventually pulled over and arrested.

He has been released pending summons and is expected to be charged with conduct endangering life and other traffic related offences.

Digital Editions

Thunder finishes top

Glen Orden Thunder locked in top spot for the Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association division 1 T20 finals on Tuesday night. Finalists for…

More News

Defenceless wife murdered

A man who stabbed his defenceless wife to death and then called emergency services has pleaded guilty to murder. Father-of-four Jessie James Tumaliuan, 42, accepted a sentence indication of 20…
Mum who skipped court bailed again over child homicides

A woman accused of killing her two young children by leaving them home alone before a fire broke out has walked free from court on bail. Shania Lee, 27, was…
Western suburbs men charged following Southbank brawl

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 206998 Five men from the western suburbs have been charged in relation to an alleged brawl at a Southbank licensed premises late last year.…
Two ties in same div

One tie is rare enough, but two in on the same day in the same division is even rarer. That was the case on Saturday in the Western Suburbs Churches…
Wonderful Wednesday at Iramoo

It was a wonderful Wednesday at Iramoo Community Centre in Wyndham Vale as Star Weekly journalist Jaidyn Kennedy paid a visit to the Crafties group. Meeting every Wednesday for the…

Park upgrades complete

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 255196 Wyndham council is encouraging members of the community to make use of several new park and playground facilities that have been recently installed…
Dynamic duo ready to make Werribee laugh

The Umbilical Brothers are back down under and they have locked in a laugh out loud show in Werribee. On Sunday 8 February the globally successful comedy duo will perform…
Wanted woman hands herself in

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 206998 Police have revealed that a 27-year-old Tarneit woman who was wanted on warrant following a fatal house fire in Sydenham on 8 September…
Man found dead in car, police quiz travel companions

Two people who were travelling with an elderly man before he was found dead in a car parked outside a regional hospital are being questioned by police. The 93-year-old’s body…
Hitting the court

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 528883 It was all steam ahead on Saturday as the the Wyndham Basketball Junior Representative Super Camp returned. Across six hours more than 400…