Joyriding Irishman charged
July 3, 2008
AN unnamed Irish backpacker is facing serious charges after smashing a car trying to avoid capture during a high-speed police chase.
The backpacker, 23, who
was driving in Mildura, in
far north-west Victoria, is
alleged to have failed to stop after being involved in a collision.
Police who spotted the white Ford Laser gave pursuit in the early hours of the morning with speeds reaching an alleged 130km/h in an 80km zone as the driver tried to make a getaway.
The 30-second pursuit ended when the Laser was driven over a roundabout, destroying the car’s sump.
The man, who has an international driver’s licence, was interviewed in relation to both incidents.
He is expected to appear
before the Mildura Magistrates Court on charges of conduct endangering life, manner
dangerous, speed dangerous, failure to stop, speeding and exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol.
Police have been told the communal, and now immobile, car belongs to a backpackers’ residence in the area
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