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A Toyota Corolla with fake number plates was driving along West Street in Hadfield around 4am today when officers spotted the car and tried to pull the driver over, police allege.
When the officers pulled up behind the Corolla to conduct further checks, police claim the driver sped off.
The police car did not pursue the Corolla.
The driver of the Corolla lost control a short time later and the car rolled onto its roof before crashing into a power pole at the intersection of West Street and Glenroy Road.
CCTV vision shows sparks flying as the car ploughed into the power pole and flip in the air before landing on its roof.
The driver and his passenger, both 22-year-old males, sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. They were taken to hospital.
“I heard a big screech, big crash, little bit of commotion,” a nearby resident told 9News.
“I kind of hopped up out of bed, and ran out the front, then I heard ‘get out of the car, get out of the car’.”
“It must’ve been over the speed limit of 50. Definitely over, maybe 100,” another witness alleged.
Firefighters, paramedics, police and a power company swarmed the scene to contain a fuel leak from the car and fix the power pole, which had split.
Locals were left without power this morning and shops were unable to open.
Two jerry cans of fuel were found in the back seat of the Corolla after the crash, police said.
Police confirmed the Corolla was stolen from Dandenong on December 10.
The investigation remains ongoing.
No charges have been laid.
