A truckie who killed police officers in a horror Melbourne crash sent a text in the days before to a person who said he was ‘pretty cooked’, a court heard.
News by Caroline Schelle 19th May 2021 5:13 AM The boss of a truckie who ploughed into four police officers in Melbourne received a text hours before the horror crash warning him I don t think he should be driving . Explosive text messages tendered in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday showed Connect Logistics manager Simiona Tuteru was told truck driver Mohinder Singh shouldn t be on the road. Mr Tuteru is facing more than 80 charges in connection to the crash - including four counts of manslaughter - because he allegedly caused or encouraged Singh to get behind the wheel while he was fatigued, impaired by drugs and unfit to drive .
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The manager who worked for the trucking company that Mohinder Singh, who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway, drove for faced court on Monday.
A truck driver was on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol days before a fatal crash
Mohinder Singh pleaded guilty to culpable driving at a Melbourne court
The 48-year-old was behind the wheel when he hit and killed four police officers
The officers were struck by Singh s semi-trailer while impounding a Porsche
A court heard the driver was drug-f ed and hadn t slept for days before crash
Singh was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in prison for the atrocity