By Alex Crowe
Two men have died after crashing their stolen car into a pole while speeding through Melbourne’s north on Tuesday morning.
Police found a sawn-off shotgun and another firearm in the Hyundai after the crash on Camp Road in Broadmeadows about 5.30am.
The car, which was stolen from Moama in southern NSW, was seen travelling at speeds of 180km/h before the crash.
Police believe the car was travelling at about 100km/h when it rammed into the pole.
Emergency services performed CPR on the driver before taking him to hospital, where he died a short time later, and the passenger died at the scene.
The two men are yet to be formally identified.
A screengrab of footage taken from the crash scene on Tuesday morning.Credit: Nine News
Detective Sergeant Daryll Out said police were not trying to intercept the car at the time of the crash.
“[It’s] extremely worrying to police that we’ve got that kind of behaviour by people that are driving … in these built-up areas at those speeds,” he said.
“It had the potential to be absolutely disastrous for anybody else who would have been in the vicinity of it.”
There were 299 people killed on Victoria’s roads in 2023, making it the deadliest year since 2008.
Given the recent high death toll, Out said police had hoped motorists would slow down and avoid unnecessary crashes such as the one in Broadmeadows.
“[There was] no reason for it to happen if they were driving at the proper speed limits,” he said.
Camp Road is closed between Blair Street and Maygar Boulevard due to the collision. Police are directing drivers to use Barry Road or the M80 Ring Road instead.
Anyone who witnessed the crash or has CCTV footage of the incident should contact police.
With AAP
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