Outrage after street terror
CONCERNED Townsville residents have shared videos on social media which capture stolen vehicles being driven dangerously around the city’s streets over the weekend.
It comes as Opposition Leader David Crisafulli questioned when the chaos would end on a visit to Townsville on Monday.
“At what point will we get back to having consequences for actions?” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Do we have to continue seeing this every day until someone gets killed?
“Is that what its going to take?”
Just before 2pm on Sunday, a driver heading southbound on Racecourse Rd, Cluden, captured dashcam vision of a stolen silver Holden Commodore being driven on the wrong side of the road towards him.
Not long after, a Vincent resident videoed a stolen grey VW Amarok doing doughnuts and kicking up clouds of dust in a car park on Cambridge St before it sped off, just after 3.20pm. The owner of the Amarok said he’d spotted the car several times driving erratically.
“It seems to be two different separate groups that we keep seeing, they keep swapping over drivers,” he said.
“I’m more concerned than anything because it’s been roaming around the same area for two days and it’s not exactly driving safely.
“(I’ve seen them) sideswipe a car on Kern Brothers Drive, run red lights, go 100km/h in a 50km zone, stuff like that.”
The vehicles have since been dumped, but the suspects are still on the run.
Mr Crisafulli addressed the videos at a press conference in the city on Monday, saying the level of crime had become “business as usual”.
“I’m not comfortable with seeing everyday, law-abiding citizens having some lunatic driving at them the wrong way. This has got to stop,” he said.
Mr Crisafulli wouldn’t speculate when the LNP’S crime plan would be released, but insisted it would have a few main focuses, including breach of bail and preventive measures.
A Queensland Police spokesman confirmed that an investigation was underway after a silver 2021 Volkswagen Amarok dual cab was stolen from a Douglas address on Friday night.
The Amarok was dumped in Kirwan about 10pm on Sunday and the occupants fled on foot.
The Commodore was dumped on Charles St about 4.20am on Monday, but the occupants got away in another vehicle.