A carjacker has been killed when he crashed a high-powered Mustang he had stolen in another collision just minutes earlier near the MCG.<\/p>\n
It ended a terrifying few minutes in which the man, who had been driving erratically in a stolen Subaru, first crashed into two vehicles, including the Mustang, on Punt Rd about 9pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old Melton man then jumped out of the Subaru and got into the Mustang before speeding off, Victoria Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice have been told the man was seen driving a stolen white Subaru erratically in the Richmond area before he collided with two vehicles, including a Mustang, on Punt Road on Saturday 22 August around 9pm,\u201d the police statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Subaru is reported to have been travelling on the wrong side of the road when the collision occurred with motorists travelling north.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man got out of the crashed vehicle and jumped into the Mustang before speeding off.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe continued driving erratically in the stolen Mustang onto Barassi Way where he collided head on with a Range Rover and then into a Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 46-year-old Melton man was ejected from the Mustang and died at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said a woman who was driving a Range Rover was taken to hospital for treatment to an injured arm. The other motorist involved wasn\u2019t injured.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Mustang involved in the first crash was not in the car when the carjacker took off with it.<\/p>\n
Brunton Ave was closed to traffic while police processed the scene.<\/p>\n
Police are also following up reports the vehicle was seen driving erratically in Clarendon and Whiteman streets prior to the first collision.<\/p>\n
The Subaru, which was bearing false plates, was stolen from Glen Iris on August 20.<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the collision or with dashcam vision is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit an online confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A carjacker has been killed when he crashed a high-powered Mustang he had stolen in another collision just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[118615,118616,118598,118590,118610,118604,37726,118617,118614,118591,118612,37136,118605,118609,109161,22,6466,21,118603,118454,118594,118595,43,118607,69306,7591,39,118601,63733,18324,379,1047,118602,118588,3079,118618,118608,118597,118593,46523,118596,48336,118592,118606,118611,37640,57464,118613,118600,108482,118589,43131,37168,43680,118599,48326,42251,47479,2223,26114,78034,1373],"class_list":["post-78206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-9pm","tag-a-carjacker","tag-a-crash-scene","tag-a-high-powered-mustang","tag-a-mustang","tag-a-range-rover","tag-a-statement","tag-a-stolen-subaru","tag-a-stolen-white-subaru","tag-a-terrifying-few-minutes","tag-a-toyota-camry","tag-a-woman","tag-an-injured-arm","tag-another-collision","tag-another-vehicle","tag-au","tag-august","tag-austrlia","tag-barassi-way","tag-carjacker","tag-clarendon-and-whiteman","tag-dramatic-punt-road-smash","tag-driver","tag-false-plates","tag-head-on","tag-horror-crash","tag-hospital","tag-it-brunton-ave","tag-just-minutes","tag-motorists","tag-newswire-news","tag-police","tag-punt-rd","tag-punt-road","tag-reports","tag-saturday-22","tag-saturday-the-46-year-old-melton-man","tag-stolen-mustang-moments","tag-the-46-year-old-melton-man","tag-the-car","tag-the-carjacker","tag-the-collision","tag-the-crashed-vehicle","tag-the-first-collision-the","tag-the-first-crash","tag-the-man","tag-the-mcg","tag-the-mustang","tag-the-other-motorist","tag-the-police-statement","tag-the-richmond-area","tag-the-road","tag-the-scene","tag-the-scene-police","tag-the-stolen-mustang","tag-the-subaru","tag-the-vehicle","tag-the-wrong-side","tag-traffic","tag-treatment","tag-two-vehicles","tag-victoria-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}