Pedestrian dies after car mounts footpath in Epping
A pedestrian has died after a car mounted a footpath in Melbourne’s north on Saturday morning opposite a local high school.
The 63-year-old Mill Park man, who is yet to be formally identified, was on the Dalton Street footpath in Epping when a silver hatchback crashed through a pedestrian crossing barrier.
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the incident. Credit: Nine News
Police said he was struck by the car at about 10am, and died at the scene.
There are multiple schools, a childcare centre and a Melbourne Polytechnic campus near the crash site, which were all closed for the weekend.
Police allege the driver, a 27-year-old Glenroy man, continued driving along the footpath before hitting a power pole.
He was freed from the wrecked car by firefighters, before being taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition with a lower body injury.
The pedestrian was walking along Dalton Road at around 9.30am. Credit: Nine News
The driver was later arrested and is currently in hospital under police guard. He is yet to be spoken to by police.
Daryll Out, detective sergeant with the Major Collision Unit, said that a number of witnesses saw the car driving erratically before the incident.
