Pictures taken at the scene of a fatal crash on Friday morning show the crumpled remains of a car where two hoons left their mate to die.
The dark-coloured Subaru Impreza slammed into a power pole in Wollert, in Melbourne’s northern suburbs about 6am.
Police slammed the driver and passenger – believed to be a man and a woman – who ran from the scene, leaving one man to die in the back seat.
Pictures of the scene of a fatal crash on Friday morning show the crumpled remains of a car (pictured) where two hoons left their mate to die
The dark-coloured Subaru Impreza (pictured) slammed into a power pole in Wollert, in Melbourne’s northern suburbs about 6am
Emergency services were called to Bindts Road after a passerby found the man, aged between 25 and 30, trapped in the wreckage, his seatbelt still on.
Paramedics were unable to save the man’s life, but police say he could have survived if the driver and passenger had stayed to help, Seven News reported.
Major Collision Investigation Unit Detective Inspector Stuart McGregor said he could not understand how the pair could walk away with their friend ‘literally dying’.
‘They didn’t call for an ambulance, they didn’t let emergency services know, they didn’t let the police know. If we had have got to him, he may be alive today,’ he said.
Police slammed the driver and passenger – believed to be a man and a woman – who ran from the scene (pictured), leaving one man to die in the back seat
Emergency services were called to Bindts Road after a passerby found the man, aged between 25 and 30, trapped in the wreckage (pictured), his seatbelt still on
Victoria Police are searching the area and have asked anyone with information to come forward, but no arrests have been made so far.
‘What they were doing at the time was probably hooning. They’ve made a clear choice to leave the car and leave the person in the back of the car while he died’.
‘I don’t understand how a person can just walk away from their mate when they’re dying in front of them.’
Emergency services were called to Bindts Road in Wollert, Victoria about 6am on Friday
Police believe the car was moving at an excessive speed when it spun out and hit the pole.
The car was understood to be fitted with incorrect plates.
‘We don’t stop until we catch you, we will catch you, we will determine who you are and before you know it, we’ll be knocking on the door,’ Mr McGregor said.
Police believe the car was moving at an excessive speed when it spun out and hit the pole