By ANEEKA SIMONIS
AN ALLEGED drug-driver from Berwick ran up the back of a car at high speed in Clyde, sending it spinning out of control before slamming into a lamp post, in a night-time collision under police investigation.
The 21-year-old Berwick man was reportedly behaving erratically when police arrived at the scene of the crash, on Clyde Fiveways Road near Ballarto Road, after 9.30pm on Sunday 27 March.
The probationary driver undertook drug and alcohol test at the scene before being transferred to hospital, though he was not admitted.
The smash victim, a 39-year-old Mount Martha woman, was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with serious facial injuries.
The crash was witnessed by police travelling in an unmarked police vehicle in the opposite direction.
The driver was detected travelling about 110km/h in the 80km/h zone, alleged Pakenham police Senior Sergeant Graeme Stanley.
He said it was unclear whether the alleged drugged speedster noticed police turn to follow him, however soon after police began trailing the car the driver smashed into the back of the motorists’ car sending it spinning across the road, and then slammed into the lamp post.
The man was accompanied to hospital by police who charged him on summons.
Police are awaiting the results of the drug and blood alcohol tests however the offending driver allegedly made admissions to using drugs before getting behind the wheel, according to Sen Sgt Stanley, who described his behaviour as “erratic”.
Police were about a kilometre behind the man’s car when the collision occurred.
