Thread: four police officers killed after being hit by semi-trailer on eastern hwy vic

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Facts are known - police commissioner just advised what happened. For whatever reason a truck cleans up a car parked on the side of the road (after being pulled over) and the four attending police are killed.

With all due respect, facts are NOT known. Investigations into events like this take many months.

Originally Posted by Homestar

I think what John means (Correct me if I'm wrong mate) is that let's not hang the truck driver just yet - we don't know why he crashed - people will make assumptions about this but we should wait until the Police finish their investigation on the why and report it.

Edit - reports this morning say the truck driver has a medical episode.

No correction needed, Gav, except I prefer not to hang ANY individual before the investigation is concluded, as opposed to the sensationalists.

Originally Posted by Bulletman

So if the news report is true , the porsche driver took photos and posted them on social media after legging it from the crash scene.

I cant comprehend what on earth would make something think to do that. hopefully karma comes his way...

Bulletman

That report IS true. Sadly my son saw them. As you say, beyond comprehension.

Originally Posted by 4bee

But he could never know a tragedy was in the offing.


If if if if, enough ifs.
It just shows you just how delicate a line we have to life. If he maybe hadn't stopped for a crap yesterday or the day before a hundred miles away the timing would be out so.......... you have to accept that is life or in this case unfortunate deaths. You cannot predict these things & say, "Hang on I'm going to have a prang so I'll leave 5 minutes later."


Then another set of circumstances & timings come into play & he could have killed a busload of kids whose bus caught fire & they all died a horrible death &/or he got home safely & nobody was injured & it was just a normal everyday drive for him. The cops wouldn't have been waiting for him either.

What if he didn't have a crim. record & was just like the next door? Would there be much angst against him?


That is the way I see it anyway.

But driving at 140k he was sticking his neck out & **** circumstances happened.

**** doesn't just "Happen" there is ALWAYS a reason why **** happens.
If you really think about it IF that ****wit hadn't been doing 140kph those poor buggers would still be alive today.
FFS Mate 4 coppers died on that road and All you can come up with is "**** Happens" you callous bastard.

Oh do read it again. I said **** circumstances happened, & they did. Let me help you.

But driving at 140k he was sticking his neck out & **** circumstances happened.

I realise 4 coppers died yesterday, I saw the news when it broke & that is what this thread is all about.

No I'm a not a Callous bastard at all.

End of.

I see reports the Porsche bloke is known to police and one report said he was on bail for another matter.
I feel for the truckie. Imagine realising you'd killed four people. What a terrible shock.

Originally Posted by Tins

With all due respect, facts are NOT known. Investigations into events like this take many months.

the police chief thiis morning said they know 99% of wwhat happened.

What a tragic set of circumstances that have led to the horrible deaths of four Police just doing their job. There is, and unfortunately always will be speculation. In my opinion it's an unfortunate part of humans trying to guess what has happened and come to an explanation for the end result, especially with tragedy. I don't think there is a need for anyone on this forum to start name calling at each other because of differing opinions or because of speculation. Unfortunately the end result will never change. Over the next period of time details of the Police investigation will come to light and more of the exact circumstances will become known. I definitely have an opinion of what has caused this tragedy, I won't be airing it here, but I hope I am wrong. I feel for the the families of the deceased Police, the witnesses that saw it and onlookers who tried to help, the emergency services that had to attend and serving Police members. The only opinion I will air is that there is absolutely no excuse for the Porsche driver to leave the scene, but even more reprehensible is the fact that he took photos of dead people, let alone Police and posted them on social media. What a piece of **** he is and I hope he gets punished fully by the legal system and the karma bus. So please speculate, have your opinions if that helps you, BUT PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL WHEN DOING SO!

Vinnie