A former soldier has died after the explosive vest he was sporting after visiting his ex-partner detonated whereas he drove over a velocity bump, sending a Melbourne avenue into lockdown for greater than 12 hours.
Police had been known as to a quiet cul-de-sac in Hallam within the metropolis’s south-east shortly earlier than noon on Saturday morning following reviews of a crash.
Footage reveals the dramatic second the do-it-yourself explosive vest exploded and erupted into flames after the man hit the bump whereas driving alongside Younger Street.
The automotive continued travelling down the highway for a number of hundred metres earlier than it crashed right into a parked car on the nook of Homewood Boulevard.
Bomb Response Unit officers had been known as to the scene and blocked off the neighborhood for 12 hours
Police discovered the physique of a Dandenong father, 43, contained in the automotive.
It’s understood the person had been on the house of his ex-partner shortly earlier than the incident, Seven Information reported.
‘I simply heard a giant loud bang at about 11am and I appeared out the window and noticed the automotive had gone by way of the roundabout and crashed into an indication,’ resident Ben Augel recalled.
‘That they had the streets blocked off and police just about controlling all the things, there was 15 police automobiles throughout the place.’
A shocked neighbour added: ‘The automotive was simply passing and the fireplace got here from the driving force’s facet all of a sudden,’
‘It’s scary for me as a result of all day me and the kids had been at house.’
Footage captioned the second the driving force’s do-it-yourself explosive vest detonated after hitting a velocity bump in Hallam in Melbourne’s south-east on Saturday
Police blocked off the road for 12 hours whereas officers from the arson and bomb response items spent virtually 24 hours inspecting the scene to make sure the road was secure.
The person’s loss of life is just not being handled as suspicious.
‘The circumstances surrounding his loss of life are underneath investigation by the Arson and Explosives Squad,’ a police spokeswoman mentioned.
‘Bomb Response Unit members attended because of explosive objects situated contained in the car and it took a substantial period of time for the Bomb Response Unit to render these things secure.’
The drama unfolded inside shut proximity of an aged care facility.
One native resident who wasn’t house on the time on the crash posted on Fb he was unable to return to his home till 1am the subsequent morning.
One girl informed 3AW residents had been ordered to remain inside their houses as remote-controlled robots deactivated the explosive objects.
‘The deceased remained within the car while the bomb response unit labored painstakingly by way of the afternoon and night time,’ she informed the radio station on Monday.
Household and buddies of the previous soldier have visited the scene to pay their respects.
‘Dad, my soldier 4ever,’ a sprig painted message on a brick wall learn.
The automotive crashed right into a parked car close to the nook of Younger Road and Homewood Boulevard (pictured) in Hallam in Melbourne’s south-east
