Horrific new details have emerged about a crash that left an innocent driver dead in Melbourne’s east.
The victim was making a right-hand turn off Warrigal Rd onto Highbury Rd in Burwood when his hatchback was T-boned by a stolen Jeep Cherokee at 7pm on Tuesday.
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His car landed in a front yard and residents rushed to help, but there was little they could do for the Ashburton man, 28, and he died at the scene.
“There was an almighty crash,” resident Peter told 7NEWS.
“When I came out, the car was right here in the garden.
“Someone came from over the road and stopped and said: ‘Someone is trapped in the car, there’s nothing we can do at the moment’.”
The Jeep that hit the car continued up the road for a short distance and hit a tree.
Up to four males from that car fled on foot while two girls, both aged 15 and both on bail, were arrested at the scene.
They were taken to hospital under police guard and spent the day being questioned by officers.
No charges have been laid against either girl.
Police praised a male bystander who held one of the 15-year-old girls until police arrived and said the second girl stayed with her at the scene.
The four males remain on the run.
Detective Senior Sergeant Christian Von Tunk said the males were believed to have fled through a nearby park and officers have located gloves in the area.
He said the Jeep in which the group was travelling in was stolen in an aggravated burglary in Cranbourne South on Friday and was then used in an armed robbery in Ormond and another in Ripponlea.
On Monday, police tried to intercept the vehicle, but it took off and was unable to be located.
“When fatal collisions occur, they are totally frustrating for us. This is another totally preventable collision,” Von Tunk said.
“The impact was tremendous. It was a high-speed impact and they would have known someone was hurt in that vehicle.
“To leave a person injured or killed in a vehicle and then run away. It’s cowardly”.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, has CCTV, dashcam footage or any other information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.