Logan council, police under fire for leaving burnt-out car on main road for five days
A torched car, left on a main road for five days, has sparked anger in a southside community, looking for better anti-hooning resources.
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A torched car, left on a main road for five days, has sparked anger in a southside community.
The torching on Sunday, was a day after the state government announced it would start using hi-tech cameras, including an expanded fleet of drones, in its hoon crackdown and two weeks after Logan launched a $250,000 hooning task-force.
It prompted residents of Belivah, Windaroo and Bannockburn to take to social media to question the use of state and council resources to crackdown on road offences after the burnt-out shell was still on the roadside on Thursday.
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Both the police and Logan City Council came under fire over cleaning up the Holden station wagon, found burnt out on Emmerson Rd, Bannockburn, in the early hours of Sunday.
Police said around 1am the driver of the car lost control and it rolled, landing on its roof. Four people were seen exiting the car, stolen from Monmouth St, Eagleby on Saturday night, It was then allegedly deliberately set on fire by two of the occupants before QFES extinguished the blaze.
Residents said it was unclear who had jurisdiction over the car’s removal but said the five-day wait was evidence crime clean-up patrols were failing.
Police were on the scene just after 6am on Sunday when residents reported the incident claiming they had heard a loud bang just before 2am. Residents said they called the council on Monday but the council said it only received notification on Tuesday.
Windaroo resident Peter Price said residents were fed up with hoons driving around on the grass nearby.
Natalie Gunning, whose partner was one of the first at the scene, reported youths had been seen doing burnouts in the field and lost control.
“He said no one was there when he got to the road so it’s assumed stolen and trashed and they ran I guess,” he said.
“This used to be such a nice area … now it’s so chaotic. My partner also mentioned that the tail shaft was missing on Sunday.”
Police said
Logan City Council launched its $250,000 Hooning Taskforce in August, allocating the money and setting out its duties, which include identifying hot spots, deploying resources, developing a multi-agency action plan, reporting on results and evaluating outcomes.
Police said burnt-out cars could not be safely towed until they had cooled and permission granted from the registered owner.