AFL star faces charges after allegedly hitting four parked cars
Western Bulldogs vice-captain Lachie Hunter is alleged to have been involved in crashes with several cars in Melbourne and will face drink-driving and COVID-19 restriction charges.
Police were called to Middle Park about 8.45pm on Thursday following reports a Toyota SUV had crashed into four parked vehicles.
When officers arrived, the Toyota was found but the driver had left the scene.
They found the 25-year-old driver in South Yarra.
Victoria Police on Friday said a Middle Park man was given a preliminary breath test and a subsequent evidentiary breath test, returning a reading of 0.123.
He will be charged on summons with drink driving and other traffic matters.
Police also found him in breach of the coronavirus restrictions and fined him $1652.
The Western Bulldogs are āaware of an incident involving Lachie Hunter on Thursday eveningā.
āWe found out about the incident in the last couple of hours and weāll obviously take the time to investigate it,ā club president Peter Gordon told SEN radio.
āFootball is very prominent in peopleās lives ā¦ but this isnāt the message we want to send out there.ā
Mr Gordon said Hunter āis a good young manā and suggested he was not ādealing at all appropriately with the pressure that a lot of people are under and the circumstances in which we liveā.
āBut you canāt use that as an excuse. This is behaviour we donāt want to see and weāll get an explanation for it, get the circumstances, but the message we want send to people (is) during these difficult times is you need to put extra effort into sticking to the community effort,ā he said.
-AAP:Ā Kaitlyn Offer and Jason Phelan
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