By Mitchell Clarke
A teenage hoon has been taught a bitter lesson after his alleged burnout stunt came to a crashing end in Berwick.
The 19-year-old P-plater was allegedly captured on CCTV performing several burnouts in the middle of the Clyde Road and Kangan Drive intersection over the weekend.
But the dangerous stunt didn’t go as planned, with the inexperienced driver losing control of his Commodore and crashing into a pole in the centre median strip.
It’s believed the driver’s friends were standing roadside and filming the failed event, which caused a light pole to fall across two lanes of traffic.
Police were called to the scene, however it’s alleged the offending driver had already fled prior to their arrival.
The “bunged-up” Commodore was eventually located by police, allegedly hidden in an unknown back street of Berwick.
It was impounded for 30 days.
The driver handed himself in to the Narre Warren police station where he was later charged with reckless conduct endangering life, driving in a dangerous manner, careless driving and various other traffic offences.
He was bailed with strict conditions to appear at the Dandenong Magistrates Court at a later date.
The failed stunt left police shaking their head and posing the question to the driver: “If I do a heap of burnouts and get my friends to film it, does that make me a hero – or just a hoon without a car?”
