Police have charged the truck driver involved in the horror crash that claimed the lives of four police officers on the Eastern Freeway on Wednesday.
Mohinder Singh Bajwa was charged with four counts of culpable driving following a joint investigation by the Major Collision Investigation Unit and the Homicide Squad.
He was questioned at Melbourne West police station by detectives last night for the first time since Wednesday’s fatal Kew smash.
Mr Singh Bajwa has been remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.
Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney were killed after the truck driven by Mr Singh Bajwa crashed on the freeway, colliding with police vehicles and a Porsche the officers had pulled over.
The 47-year-old Cranbourne driver was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital after blacking out following the crash and had remained there under police guard.
It comes as Victorians paid tribute to the four officers in extraordinary fashion.
Within a matter of days Victorians had pledged more than $280,000 to the families of the four heroes, with blue balloons and ribbons placed on front fences across Melbourne’s suburbs in honour.
And more details about the life or Richard Pusey, the alleged driver of the Porsche who also faces a string of charges over the tragedy, were revealed.
The maniac lifestyle of the mortgage broker was laid bare, those who know him telling the Sunday Herald Sun they feared his behaviour would one day “spiral”.
Neighbours alleged the 41-year-old would run around his own street, daubing walls with obscenities so council contractors would be forced to remove that and existing graffiti.
Pusey’s dislike for police was very clear, and he recently converted his three-storey home into a “fortress”, with multiple layers of security doors, black window shutters and cameras.
While today a kind off-duty doctor who stayed with Sen-Constable Taylor as she died wants the fallen officer’s family to know first responders did “everything possible” to save her life.
Melbourne woman Dr Amanda Sampson was among the handful of first responders who pulled over after witnessing the horror smash.
Speaking to heraldsun.com.au, Dr Sampson revealed Ms Taylor was comforted, stroked and cared for by complete strangers as she died on the side of the freeway.
No one answered the door to his Cranbourne home this morning.
A sign that reads “no solicitors” has been stuck to a glass window at the entrance.
Mr Singh Bajwa’s family have kept a firm silence since Wednesday’s crash.
His son, Gurdeep, previously told the Herald Sun he had been “told not to talk” before ceasing contact.
Several cars are parked outside the family’s single-storey home.
One sign at the front reads: “Beware of the dog”.
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