A man is in police custody in Melbourne after driving his car into a busy street, killing one person and injuring five others. Police say they're grateful for a quick arrest which might have prevented further harm to people.
The streets of Melbourne were packed on Friday night ahead of Carlton's blockbuster AFL clash against Sydney at the MCG."I was basically just sitting in the store and heard a massive loud sort of bang. I thought it was construction, I came out about an hour later - ambulances fire trucks all that sort of stuff. From what I heard and saw it definitely way past 40, speeding straight down Bourke and had a massive collision.
"He has no prior criminal history. He's not on bail. He's in effect a clean skin for a term used by Victoria Police for someone who's not had police involvement. The only record we have of that male is that he has had a report of missing person before and in 2020. We had some involvement with him for a mental health transfer. There is nothing known in relation to terrorism to connect this in any shape or form at this time.
"I always saw Melbourne as a safe place. I always was walking here at 5am at night, the street had a lot of people before the accident. Even there was people in restaurants people like all the shops were open, but now they're all closed."
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