A police incident involving an alleged stolen car has closed lanes on a major Melbourne freeway causing significant peak hour traffic delays. 7NEWS
The driver ran from the scene and is yet to be located.
A short time later as police were investigating the scene, a silver Mercedes drove through the crash site and smashed into a police car. The driver did not stop and police are now looking for that car, which will have extensive damage to the driver’s door.Credit:Traffic queues started building due to the incident about 7am on Thursday on the Eastern Freeway with lanes closed as police cleared the scene.
Just before 9am, all citybound lanes reopened, but there are significant delays all the way from Bulleen Road and surrounding roads remain congested.VicRoads signal engineers are monitoring conditions and adjusting signals where possible try to ease the delays. The incident is under the control of Victoria Police and anyone with dashcam footage or information has been urged to contact police.
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