Mortgage broker who allegedly left scene of horror crash posted Porsche videos online

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NATIONAL VICTORIA TRAGEDY

Mortgage broker who allegedly left scene of horror crash posted Porsche videos online

By Simone Fox Koob and Cameron Houston
April 23, 2020 — 6.15pm

A mortgage broker allegedly involved in a horrific crash in which four police officers died constantly spoke about his Porsche online and posted videos of the luxury cars.

Richard Pusey, 41, was pulled over on Wednesday afternoon for allegedly travelling at 140km/h on the Eastern Freeway, prompting police to conduct an oral fluid test which allegedly returned positive for drugs.

Two officers called for back-up from colleagues to impound the car when a semi-trailer ploughed into the group. Four police officers were killed.

Police allege that in the aftermath, Mr Pusey took photos of the scene and shared the graphic images with friends, which were then shared by people on Facebook. ... The 41-year-old allegedly left the scene of the crash on foot. Police made contact with him overnight.

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Simone Fox Koob
Simone is a crime reporter for The Age. Most recently she covered breaking news for The Age, and before that for The Australian in Melbourne.

NATIONAL VICTORIA TRAGEDY

'Like a Formula 1 car went by': Footage emerges of speeding black Porsche

By Rachel Eddie and Simone Fox Koob
Updated April 23, 2020 — 4.15pm first published at 7.40am

Dashcam footage has emerged of a black Porsche, believed to be the same vehicle involved in the horror crash that killed four police officers, speeding down the Eastern Freeway last month.

Uber driver James Tsagros was travelling close to 100km/h on March 21, about 5.10pm, inbound on the Eastern Freeway towards the Hoddle Street exit when a black Porsche sped past.

"All of a sudden this car has gone swoosh past me on the left hand side, my car just vibrated. It was like a Formula 1 car went by," Mr Tsagros told The Age.

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Rachel Eddie
Rachel is a breaking news reporter for The Age.

Simone Fox Koob
Simone is a crime reporter for The Age. Most recently she covered breaking news for The Age, and before that for The Australian in Melbourne.

[mercuryblues]

1. A better link

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/22/police-believed-to-be-involved-in-serious-crash-on-melbourne-freeway

A Porsche driver who allegedly fled the scene of a horrific accident that killed four Victoria police officers in Melbourne has been identified as Richard Pusey.

The 41-year-old is alleged to have taken pictures of the crash and posted images to social media before leaving the scene of the accident which happened on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway at Kew about 5.40pm on Wednesday.

The crash was the biggest loss of police officer life in Victoria’s history. Pusey later handed himself in to police and was arrested.

On Thursday the Victorian police commissioner, Graham Ashton, said two officers intercepted a Porsche 911 that was reportedly travelling at 140km/h on the freeway. Dashcam footage published by the Herald Sun shows the car speeding down the highway minutes before it was pulled over by police.

The two officers drug-tested the 41-year-old male driver. After he allegedly returned a positive result, the officers decided to impound the car, Ashton said. Shortly after two members from highway patrol were called to assist at the scene, a large refrigerated truck belonging to a poultry company drove into the four officers.

[Matilda]

3. I read over the weekend that he was on ice.

Four people are dead, and it's all about him. As they were police officers, the cops will be relentless in their prosecution, and I wouldn't want to be him when they finally put him in jail.

I know the van driver has been charged, but most reports were focusing on Pusey, so I don't know what the van driver was doing driving, apparently quite fast, down the emergency exit that was full of cars and people.

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2. American Psycho yuppie