Two dads are fighting for life after they were hit by a car and thrown metres into the air outside a Father’s Day party.
Vaea Amituanai, 32, and Antz Pio, 29, were run down as they left the event put on by the Melbourne Samoan community about 12.30am on Sunday.
Their families watched in horror as a car driving down Pearcedale Parade in Broadmeadows hit them at speed outside the community centre.
Vaea Amituanai, 32, is fighting for life after he was hit by a car and thrown metres into the air outside a Father’s Day party
He and Antz Pio, 29, (pictured) were run down as they left the event put on by the Melbourne Samoan community about 12.30am on Sunday
Their families watched in horror as a car driven down Pearcedale Parade in Broadmeadows hit them at speed outside the community centre
The pair suffered head injuries and lay on the road in pools of blood before being rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital in critical conditions.
‘We said goodbye to each other and he was just standing on the footpath getting ready to cross the road and we hear a car speeding down,’ a witness told 7 News.
The 20-year-old driver told police he was on his way home from work and didn’t see them. He was ‘helping officers with their inquiries’.
But witnesses said Mr Amituanai and Mr Pio were on the road throwing bottles at passing cars.
The pair suffered head injuries and lay on the road in pools of blood before being rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital in critical conditions
Shoes left lying on the road after the collision that threw the two men into the air
Witnesses said Mr Amituanai and Mr Pio (pictured) were on the road throwing bottles at passing cars
‘I think they were intoxicated, they were just trying to cross the road, being silly, I don’t know,’ a witness said of Mr Pio (pictured) and Mr Amituanai
‘I think they were intoxicated, they were just trying to cross the road, being silly, I don’t know,’ Alan Upoko said.
Police said several other partygoers attacked the driver and damaged his car after they saw the collision.
‘All hell broke loose, everybody came out and it sounded like windows were being smashed and there was yelling,’ witness Maree Piazza said.
Police said several other partygoers attacked the driver and damaged his car after they saw the collision (Mr Amituanai pictured with his mother)
Piles of rubbish left lying outside the community centre after the party