Man, 49, is arrested over the deaths of four police officers who were killed in a horror truck crash in Melbourne after pulling over Richard Pusey's Porsche
- A man, 49, from Frankston has been arrested over the deaths of four officers
- The Victoria Police officers were killed in a crash on the Eastern Freeway in April
- They were impounding Richard Pusey's Porsche as he was allegedly speeding
A truck company employee has been arrested over the horror crash that killed four Victorian police officers.
The 49-year-old father from Frankston, southeast Melbourne, was arrested at his workplace on Saturday morning and has spent the day being quizzed by cops.
On April 22, Lynnette Taylor, Kevin King, Glen Humphris and Joshua Prestney died after being hit by a truck driven by Mohinder Singh Bajwa.
They were killed on duty when the truck veered across the freeway and hit them while they were impounding Richard Pusey's Porche.
Pusey, a mortgage broken, allegedly drove his luxury car at 149km/h on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway, near Kew.
He was hit with a slew of charges after allegedly filming and taunting a dying police officer at the crash scene before running away.
Public funerals were held for all four officers after the tragedy, which marked the single greatest loss of police life in Victoria's history.
A 49-year old man from Frankston, southeast Melbourne, was arrested on Saturday after the death of four Victoria Police officers in a horror freeway crash (pictured) in April
Senior Constable Kevin King (pictured, far left), Constable Glen Humphris (second from left), Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor (second from right) and and Constable Josh Prestney (far right) all died in the crash
Richard Pusey (pictured) was arrested on April 23, one day after the fatal crash which killed the four police officers after they pulled him over for allegedly speeding
Singh, the driver of the Connect Logistics' refrigerated chicken truck that ploughed into the group, has been charged with culpable driving and is now facing 20 years behind bars.
Police allegedly found drugs and an ice pipe in the cabin of his truck.
Singh has said he is genuinely sorry and saddened about the deaths of the four officers.
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The trucking company involved in the fatal accident has been penalised for safety breaches, including truck defects and using fatigued drivers.
New South Wales Police launched a probe into Connect Logistics and have now issued the Western Sydney business with 35 infringement notices.
Traffic and Highway Patrol inspected 61 heavy vehicles and trailers at Wetherill Park, Marulan, Wagga Wagga and Pine Creek over a week-long period in May.
Pusey, a 41-year old mortgage broker (pictured in a court sketch,) avoided being struck by the truck because he'd been urinating off to the side of the road
Mohinder Singh Bajwa, 47, (pictured) the driver of the Connect Logistics' refrigerated chicken truck that ploughed into the group of officers, has been charged with culpable driving
Police also raided three NSW properties linked to two of the trucking company's managers in May.
Victoria and NSW police searched the Connect Logistics head office in Riverstone in Sydney’s northwest and two homes in nearby Kenthurst.
Police allege Pusey, 41, was speeding while under the influence of methamphetamine and cannabis.
Pusey is accused of filming the scene on his mobile phone instead of helping Senior Constable Lynette Taylor as she lay dying. The three male officers were already dead.
Police allege Pusey took photos and videos of the scene before he fled on foot and uploaded the images to social media.
Mr Bajwa - pictured with his wife - is now facing 20 years behind bars for the horror smash
Pusey, of Fitzroy, was charged with 12 offences include driving at a dangerous speed, reckless conduct endangering life, destruction of evidence, perverting the course of justice, failing to remain at the scene after a drug test and failing to render assistance.
He was arrested a day after the crash on April 23 and was hit with a further two charges in June, including behaving in an indecent or offensive manner and committing an act outraging public decency.
Pusey appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on July 16 facing 15 charges.
The 41-year-old avoided being struck in the crash as he'd been urinating off to the side of the road.
At a June hearing Magistrate Jo Metcalf labelled Pusey's alleged filming of the graphic crash scene as 'highly intrusive and morally repugnant' but noted it was not illegal.
Emergency services trying to remove Pusey's Porsche 911 (pictured) from the scene the day after a fatal crash on Eastern Highway in Kew
Pusey's 15 charges include driving at a dangerous speed, reckless conduct endangering life, destruction of evidence, perverting the course of justice, failing to remain at the scene after a drug test and failing to render assistance
The trucking company at the centre of the Eastern Freeway smash that killed four police officers in Melbourne last month have been hit with a litany of safety breaches
