Wild street race ends in chaos as driver smashes into eight cars with tyres strewn across the street and bumpers ripped from vehicles
- Eight parked cars written off by out-of-control car
- One man arrested, other occupants on the run
Almost a dozen cars belonging to guests attending a housewarming were smashed after a driver of an allegedly stolen car rammed into them during a street race.
The hit-and-run incident involving an allegedly stolen black Holden Calais sedan on Holland Road in Melbourne’s east occurred around 1.40am on Sunday.
The occupants of the mangled sedan fled the scene. One witness described the wreckage as ‘absolute carnage’.
The hit-and-run incident involving an allegedly stolen black Holden Calais sedan on Holland Road in Melbourne’s east occurred around 1.40am on Sunday
A 19-year-old Narre Warren man was arrested in Blackburn South in Melbourne’s east just before 10am and is currently under police guard in hospital yet to be interviewed
A 19-year-old Narre Warren man was arrested in Blackburn South in Melbourne’s east just before 10am and is currently under police guard in hospital yet to be interviewed.
The other occupants of the car remain on the run and police are still investigating.
Local Matt Maca said he was dropped home by a friend early on Sunday morning and saw damaged cars everywhere.
Mr Maca told the Herald Sun a number of the impacted vehicles belonged to guests attending a house-warming party on the street.
‘Straight after the crash, I spoke with a few people whose cars were hit and they said they were hosting a house-warming and had only moved to the street a month or so ago,’ he said.
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage was done after the car crashed into the parked vehicles
He added: ‘I’ve been told they were having a race down the road, easily over 100km/h, I mean a car has been moved 20-30m from where it was parked into someone’s front lawn,’ Mr Maca said.
‘There’s cars missing wheels, and the entire back of others ripped off, so they’ve pretty much gone janga on all the cars.’
Another resident said it was as if the street had been ‘picked up, shuffled around, and dumped everywhere’.
‘Someone could’ve walked out seen their vehicle and had a heart attack, I know I would, seeing your car in bits and pieces and strewn all over the road,’ they added.
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