Details of Daniel Andrews’ car crash, which left a teenage cyclist seriously injured, were covered up by police to ‘avoid implicating a political figure’,’ a bombshell review has found.
The former premier has insisted his wife came to a ‘complete stop’ and ‘turned right from a stationary position’ moments before Mr Meuleman T-boned the Ford Territory.
Police closed the case without pressing charges, and officers were later cleared of any wrongdoing by the corruption watchdog.
But more than a decade later, a bombshell review of the crash found the police investigation that supported the Andrews’ version of events was ‘deeply flawed’.
The 36-page assessment, conducted by the state’s former Assistant Commissioner for Traffic and Operations, Dr Raymond Shuey, asserted the SUV struck the teen after ‘travelling at speed’ and on the wrong side of the road.
‘The statements from both Daniel and Catherine Andrews that their vehicle stopped at Melbourne Rd are not consistent with impact consequences, nor the report by (witness) Brad Morgan of the squeal of tyres prior to impact,’ Dr Shuey wrote.
