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Drag racing theory after fatal crash
October 5, 2004
DRAG racing may have been a factor in an early morning Melbourne crash in which an 18-year-old man died.
Sergeant Ron Perrett, of the Major Collision Investigation Unit, today said two cars, a Nissan Skyline and a Honda, were travelling side by side along Dandenong Road at St Kilda when the Skyline struck a power pole shortly after 1am (AEST) today.
The dead man was a back-seat passenger in the Skyline.
Another person in the back seat was critically injured, and two other men in the Skyline were hurt. They were taken to The Alfred hospital.
"We're trying to sort out the reasons why they were travelling together, but we'd be appealing for any witnesses who may have seen either of these vehicles travelling along Dandenong Road or in the Windsor area about one o'clock this morning," Sgt Perrett said on radio station 3AW.
The driver of the Honda stopped at the accident scene and had been "very helpful to police", Sgt Perrett said.
The stretch of Dandenong Road where the accident occurred, west of Chapel Street, passed through a cutting under St Kilda Junction and "certainly has a history of cars using this section of road for racing", Sgt Perrett said.
Police believe all those involved in the crash were in their late teens or early 20s.
The inbound lanes of Dandenong Road were blocked after the accident, but reopened shortly after 7am (AEST).
The death took Victoria's road toll to 270, 18 more than at the same time last year.
AAP
I hope no one here was involved.