Police have revealed what happened leading up to the moments a 19-year-old driver was killed after colliding with a ute when trying to flee from an officer.
An officer was conducting speed checks on the Bangor Bypass, near Menai, on Friday about 6am when he spotted a Holden Commodore driving over the 80km/h limit.A 19-year-old driver has been killed after he fled from NSW Police and collided with another ute on Friday morning near Menai during peak hour. Picture: John Appleyard
"The vehicle did pull over, it came to a stop but as the officer began to get out of the vehicle, the offending vehicle ... drove away at speed," NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke said on Friday night.The driver, a 19-year-old Oyster Bay man, then attempted to merge onto an intersection at Old Illawarra Road and Alfords Point Road when he hit a guard rail and then a ute.
The driver of the Holden Commodore died at the scene. The tradie in the Toyota walked away unharmed despite his car flipping in the crash. Picture: John Appleyard"Having viewed the car video footage, it’s clear that there was a very short pursuit that the officer appears very clearly to have acted within the guidelines," he said.
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