Cheering crowd protects hoon from police

A DRINK-driver was cheered on by a crowd of about 200 people as he allegedly performed a burn-out just north of Albury on Saturday.

The rowdy onlookers then stood in the way of police after the car, a 1965 Chrysler sedan, took off.

Insp Tony Moodie, of Albury police, was yesterday appalled by the behaviour of the people involved, who were believed to have been part of the weekends Chryslers on the Murray event.

The disturbing thing about this incident is the amount of people standing with their family without a care in the world, in close proximity to a man, cheering him on when he was allegedly intoxicated, didnt have a current licence and did not have proper control of his vehicle doing the burn-out, he said.

What is even worse is that when police tried to apprehend the driver, a large portion of the crowd turned on police, blocking their leaving and allowing the driver to get away.

Some of those people can think themselves lucky that they themselves are not facing court.

Adrian Froon, 23, of Moama, faced Albury court yesterday charged with dangerous driving, mid-range drink-driving, driving while disqualified, aggravated burn-out, negligent driving and disobey a police direction.

Police told the court Froon was seen doing the burn-out on Burma Road, in front of the Ettamogah Pub, about 4.40pm on Saturday.

The burn-out lasted for about 30 seconds, producing a large amount of smoke.

Police approached the driver but he sped off through the crowd.

Several people then stood in front of the police car as it attempted to follow.

Police were eventually able to move through the crowd and saw the car again at the Hume Highway at the Davey Road off-ramp.

They said Froon lost control of the car and crashed into a sign before continuing along Davey Road.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• drink driver
• crashes
• pursuit
• skid
• unmarked police
• nswpol
• roadsmart
• automobiles

[bendy1234567890]

get out of the way or ill punch you in the fucken head <3 - australian cops

[XCozens]

@bangersvids Yeah totally bro! That would be awesome! So sick man! Trying to stop a drunk driver? KICK THEIR HEADS IN!

Fucking muppet, go back to the trailer park where you fell out from between your mothers legs.

[vipersrt10x]

its idiots like that that will ruin the show for everyone, well done dickhead

[paulnorris1]

The cops where driving without there seat belts.

[paulnorris1]

@thatguykalem Your a clown. If you understood physics you would know those wheels do not have enough surface area to propel the car forward from 0km to death. He would need about 3 seconds and 40 metres. Looking at the distance if he hit anyone his car would be traveling about 25 to 30kmh and thats only if he took his foot of the brake and left the other one on the gas. If you you knew anything his foot is on the brake the whole time and the car is not moving. This is called a Stand Still :)

[thatguykalem]

@bangersvids I'm sure you'll change your tune if you ever need their assistance. If they're first-on-scene because you've been in some kind of accident, are you going to say "Fuck, I hate cops, leave me alone."

I doubt it.

[thatguykalem]

@TupacX2Pak It's "alleged" because it hasn't gone to court yet. It still needs to be proved that he did it. He obviously did, but the formal proceedings haven't taken place yet :)

[thatguykalem]

@paulnorris1 Are you brain-dead? Look beyond EXACTLY what happened in the video. If the tyres had gained too much traction on the road, it would've been sliding wildly around the road, likely "crashing into people and killing babies". If you don't understand the basic concept of tyres turning, you should have your licence revoked.

[thatguykalem]

@80s90sForever1 You're a moron. There's a reason spinning your wheels is illegal; you can easily lose control of the car if the wheels gain too much traction. If that had happened, the guy would likely have taken out half the crowd. Try some critical thinking, mate. Look beyond the obvious, if that's not too difficult.

[VT97Calais]

Low socioeconomic fools

[shayr010]

Excellent role models for their redneck children cops should of just tasered them hillbillies

[antton77]

love it