Huge twist in the shocking Melbourne crash that killed four police officers as detectives claim 'the driver had an ICE PIPE next to him inside the truck' - but he still has not been interviewed
- Police allegedly found an ice pipe in truck next to driver Mohinder Singh Bajwa
- The man's refrigerated truck ploughed into two police cars, killing four officers
- Victoria Police searched Mr Bajwa's home at Cranbourne on Wednesday evening
- Semi-trailer allegedly veered into emergency lane of the Eastern Freeway at Kew
- Three male constables and a female leading senior constable died at the scene
- The officers were killed after pulling over an alleged speeding Porsche sports car
- Porsche driver Richard Pusey, 41, was not injured and allegedly fled the scene
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A truck driver who killed four police officers when he lost control of his semi-trailer on a busy Melbourne freeway may have allegedly been on drugs at the time.
Police are investigating whether Mohinder Singh Bajwa was under the influence of an illicit substance after an ice pipe was found inside the front cabin, sources say.
Mr Singh Bajwa was behind the wheel of a refrigerated chicken truck on Wednesday afternoon when he ploughed into two police cars, who had pulled over an allegedly speeding Porsche 911.
The Herald Sun reports that just moments after the crash, Mr Singh Bajwa was heard to say: 'I was looking down in the cabin and I looked up and they were just there.'
He then suffered a medical episode, collapsing to the ground.
Police are investigating whether truck driver Mohinder Singh Bajwa was under the influence of drugs at the time of the horror Eastern Freeway crash, after an ice pipe was allegedly found on the front seat
Pictured from left to right: Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Lynette Taylor,and Constable Josh Prestney, were all killed in the crash
Mr Singh Bajwa, from Cranbourne in Melbourne's south-east, remains under police guard in hospital, two days after veering into the freeway emergency lane near Kew at a speed of about 100km/h.
The truck smashed into two parked cars, instantly killing leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Josh Prestney.
Mr Bajwa is reported to have suffered a 'medical episode' and 'blacked out' following the crash and has been unable to speak to police.
'He's unfit to be interviewed at this stage. We don't know whether that will be today or in the next couple of days,' Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said on Friday.
'The families are obviously shattered and need answers,' he added.
Police refused to comment on the man's condition or whether or not he is conscious.
Mr Bajwa's home was raided on Wednesday night following the crash but police are yet to reveal what they found.
Investigators believe the truck veered into the freeway emergency lane at a speed of about 100km/h
Mr Singh Bajwa remains under watch in hospital but is yet to be interviewed by the Homicide Squad, who are investigating the case
The semi-trailer smashed into two parked police cars, instantly killing four Highway Patrol officers
Timeline of what happened: Officers intercepted the Porsche on the eastern Freeway about 4.50pm. By 5.40pm, the refrigeration truck had ploughed into the three cars, killing four officers
The four police officers who were killed had pulled over a Porsche 911 about 4.50pm was allegedly being driven by Richard Pusey, 41, at speeds of up to 140km/h.
About 50 minutes later, Mr Bajwa's semi-trailer veered into the emergency lane and struck the stopped cars.
The four police officers were killed instantly, while Pusey escaped injury because he was urinating at the side of the road.
Police on Thursday said it was still 'too early' to say what caused the crash and won't be able to provide answers until they speak with Mr Bajwa.
'He is from Cranbourne and we did a warrant through the night at his premises. What was found at that premises is still the subject of ongoing investigation,' Victorian Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said.
Police took a blood sample and Mr Ashton said the truck driver did not have any sort of extensive criminal history.
It travelled a short distance in the shoulder lane until it collided with the three police cars, he said.
Richard Pusey, the driver of a Porsche who allegedly fled the scene of a truck crash on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway, is taken away from his Fitzroy property by police on Thursday
The smashed up Porsche: Police said the luxury car's driver, 41, had an 'extensive' criminal history and was known to police
'[It] slammed into the rear of the highway patrol vehicle which has caused the collision. (It) proceeded to include the investigation from the RP desk unit and indeed the 911 Porsche,' Mr Ashton said.
'The highway patrol vehicle was spun from that accident across the freeway into the centre of the freeway and the Porsche has wound up underneath the front of the truck.'
Mr Bajwa's university student son, Gurdeep, declined to comment on Thursday.
'I'm not able to talk to anyone, not able to share any comments,' he said. 'I'm not able to speak'.
Connect Logistics, the company which owns the truck, did not answer calls.
While Mr Singh Bajwa remains in hospital, Pusey fronted the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday where sickening allegations against him were revealed.
Mr Bajwa - pictured with his wife - is under police guard in hospital. Victoria Police are yet to determine what led to the deadly crash
Police allege that in the moments after the crash, before he fled the scene, Pusey8 videoed a dying Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor.
'There you go. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. All I wanted to do was go home and have my sushi,' he said, filming the mother-of-two as she desperately clung to life.
'And now you f**ked my f**king car.'
Pusey was hit with a string of charges late on Thursday night including reckless conduct endangering life, failing to remain after a drug test and drug possession.
Mr Pusey was arrested at Chemist Warehouse in Collingwood about 9.30am on Thursday more than 12 hours since the incident.
Staff at the pharmacy had called police to the store after Pusey allegedly walked in and began showing the horrific crash scene photos to employees.
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