Driver’s wild wrong-way Springvale Rd crash ends with undies surprise
A motorist has raced up the wrong side of a busy road, weaving in and out of traffic before smashing head-on into another car in Melbourne’s southeast and trying to flee. Then police found something in his jocks that landed him in more strife.
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A drug-addicted driver who raced the wrong way up a busy Melbourne road and smashed into an innocent motorist’s car had bags of heroin in his undies and pockets.
Van Hein Hoang sped up the wrong side of Springvale Rd, weaving in and out of traffic until he crashed head-on into another car, causing considerable damage to both vehicles.
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He then drove off, only to grind to a halt near a train station about 500m away.
An alert Protective Service Officer nabbed Hein Hoang as he got out of his car and searched him, finding bags containing 3.87g of heroin in his pocket and another 0.1g hidden in his underwear.
Hein Hoang last week pleaded guilty at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court to charges including reckless conduct, failing to stop, drug possession and committing crimes while on bail.
The court heard witnesses saw Hein Hoang’s car speeding the wrong way on Springvale Rd about 11.30pm on March 29 last year.
Hein Hoang collided with another vehicle near Spotlight’s Princes Highway store and drove off, continuing on until his badly-damaged car stopped at Springvale railway station.
Hein Hoang got out of the car, telling the PSO he “had an accident”. While he was talking he put his hand into his pocket in an attempt to disperse a powder onto the ground.
He was arrested by police but couldn’t be interviewed due to his erratic behaviour.
Then, on April 11 this year, police caught him in a Sandown carpark with three small bags of heroin, and remanded him due to breaching his bail.
Hein Hoang’s defence lawyer said the 40-year-old former baker had longstanding issues with drugs, mental health concerns and a possible intellectual disability.
Magistrate Jack Vandersteen said he would need a psychiatric report to assess Hein Hoang’s mental situation before he could pass sentence but his poor criminal history, mainly involving drugs, would be a major factor that needed to be taken into account.
Hein Hoang will be sentenced on June 28.