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Daniel Andrews to hand over phone records from day of crash involving teen cyclist

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Lawyers for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews have agreed to hand over his phone records from the day of a crash involving a teen cyclist.

Lawyers for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews have agreed to hand over his phone records from the day of a crash involving a teen cyclist. 

The request was agreed to on Monday, two hours before a hearing over the matter was set to take place in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Mr Andrews had been issued with a subpoena in March requiring the former Labor leader to produce documents over the January 7, 2013 crash on the Mornington Peninsula.

His lawyers had previously planned to fight the subpoena amid claims it was a “fishing expedition”.

Cyclist Ryan Meuleman, who was 15 at the time, suffered severe injuries, including a punctured lung, broken ribs and internal bleeding after being hit by the Andrews’ family car in Blairgowrie.

Lawyers for Mr Meuleman have been trying to ascertain who Mr Andrews spoke to and when.

It recently emerged that Mr Andrews had not called triple-0 until 1.10 pm – four minutes after the crash occurred.

Mr Meuleman’s father, Peter, said the family still had unanswered questions over the crash.

“Our family is sick and tired of the cover ups. This has been covered up for more than a decade,” he told the Herald Sun on Monday after the request was agreed to.

“We don’t know who was driving. We don’t know if anyone was on the phone at the time of the crash. That’s why we need the phone records.”

Mr Meuleman has previously claimed the Andrews’ family vehicle was “speeding” but the family claims the car was “T-boned” by his bike.

Mr Andrews’ phone records from the crash must now be produced by July 24.

Mr Meuleman previously secured an $80,000 compensation payout from the Transport Accident Commission following the incident.

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