By JESSE GRAHAM
POLICE are searching for witnesses after a Yarra Junction man’s body was found in a crashed car in Croydon earlier this week.
Just after 9am on Tuesday 19 January, a beige Nissan sedan with a registration of ROP 683 crashed into a concrete truck at the intersection of Mount Dandenong and Dorset Roads.
When police attended the crash, they found the body of a 24-year-old Yarra Junction man in the front passenger seat, with a suspected gunshot wound that he may have received before the crash.
Victoria Police media officer Leonie Johnson said that police were not treating the man’s death as suspicious, and will prepare a report for the Coroner.
When contacted by the Mail about the circumstances of the gunshot wound, Ms Johnson said police were waiting on a Coroner’s report.
The driver of the car, a 22-year-old Kilsyth man, received minor injuries in the crash – he has spoken to police and been released, pending further inquiries to possible traffic offences.
Maroondah Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) are investigating the incident, and police are asking for anyone who may have seen the car travelling between Launching Place and Croydon overnight on Monday to come forward.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or file a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
