Vic: Driver was "flying" in middle of road: court

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2008
Vic: Driver was "flying" in middle of road: court

A Melbourne court's heard a driver was flying down the middle of a road at up to 160km/h
before he allegedly ran over and killed six pedestrians near Mildura.

LARA MCCARRON told the Victorian Supreme Court today she was driving her son and his
five friends to a party on February 18 2006 .. when they saw a speeding blue station wagon
heading straight for them.

She told the court she'd just made a left turn .. but pulled over to the roadside to
avoid the oncoming car.

Ms MCCARRON says for the last year she's lived with the idea .. the car could have
hit them .. and the six teenagers would still have been alive.

She says she assumed the car was full of hooning teenagers and was surprised to see
it was a station wagon.

Ms MCCARRON was taking her son and his friends to a party and on the way .. passed
another house at an intersection at Myall Street in Cardross .. where another party was
being held.

She said she slowed down at that intersection because there were young people everywhere.

The intersection was where the six teenagers were later killed as they left the party
and were walking along Myall Street.

Ms MCCARRON denied suggestions by the lawyer for THOMAS TOWLE .. the man charged over
the deaths .. that she was distracted by the teenagers in her car.

TOWLE faces 14 charges .. including six of culpable driving.

The trial before Justice PHILIP CUMMINS continues.

AAP RTV mi/sjm/crh/af

KEYWORD: TOWLE (MELBOURNE)

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