Man hits 150kmh fleeing police through Kanahooka streets
Ethan Hill, 25, fled police on the M1 while driving faster than 150kmh. He drove through residential streets before being caught.
Reported by Illawarra MercuryClaims checked against the source, 23 h ago.
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High-speed pursuits through residential areas put innocent people in serious danger. The sentencing shows courts view reckless flight from police as a grave crime.
In Australia. Drivers in NSW facing similar charges can expect strong penalties including lengthy driving bans and community correction orders.
Key facts
- 150kmh
- Speed reached
- 100kmh
- Speed limit zone
- 5
- Vehicles overtaken
- 12 months
- Driving ban
- On January 1, Ethan Hill sped his Volkswagen Golf to more than 150kmh on the M1 at Kembla Grange when police turned on their lights.
- He was already going about 132kmh in a 100kmh zone.
- Hill passed about five vehicles.
- He left the M1 onto Kanahooka Road and kept driving well above the speed limit through residential streets.
- Two people were in the car.
- Police lost sight of him after he stopped at a property in Kanahooka.
- He ran on foot, jumped a fence and damaged it.
- Hill pleaded guilty to fleeing police, entering enclosed premises, damaging property and failing to say who his passenger was.
- On Wednesday at Port Kembla Local Court, Judge Jillian Kiely gave him a two-year community corrections order and a 12-month driving ban.
