Car rolls during cop pursue, The Border Mail
Wodonga man flees police in stolen vehicle, rolls it five times during pursuit
Wodonga man flees police in stolen vehicle, rolls it five times during pursuit
Car rolls during cop pursue
The smashed Honda
The smashed car
The smashed car
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A WODONGA man who led police on a lengthy high speed pursue which ended in a rollover has quickly been sent off to jail.
Hayden Vanklaveren was in a car stolen from Wodonga on Tuesday night and came to police attention about seventy kilometres up the Hume Highway.
He was in his now ex-partner’s black Honda CRV when he was spotted by members of the Albury Highway Patrol at Holbrook.
The officers had received reports of a car driving erratically and attempted to pull over the vehicle.
But rather than stop, Vanklaveren – who was toasted and smoking behind the wheel – took off at high speed.
The 39-year-old went on to lead police on a one hundred thirty kilometre pursue, which ended when he lost control and spinned the car five times at Batlow.
Somehow, he escaped with just bruised ribs, but the vehicle was written off.
The windscreen and other windows were smashed, tyres peeled off their rims and parts of the front end were ripped off.
Volunteers from the Batlow Rescue Squad attended the scene and the vehicle had to be towed from the area.
The crash occurred on the Snowy Mountains Highway, about nine kilometres south of Adelong Road.
The Wodonga man appeared before court in Wagga on Wednesday morning.
He was enormously antsy to get the matter dealt with, with the case packaged up just fifteen hours after the rollover.
The court heard the former abattoir worker had reached speeds of up to 180km/h during the pursue.
He pleaded guilty in court to police pursuit, driving with a low-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, driving while never licensed and three counts of receiving property stolen outside of NSW.
The receiving stolen property charges related to the car, his ex-partner’s bank card and cash.
“Can I just be sentenced today and get it over and done with?” asked Vanklaveren, resisting plans for him to be sentenced in August after the prep of a pre-sentence report.
He was on an 18-month community correction order for stealing the same victim’s car on another occasion and leading police on a pursue.
“She was stupid enough to stay with me after the very first time,” Vanklaveren told magistrate Erin Kennedy.
