By JESSE GRAHAM
A BADGER CREEK man is facing an insurance bill after an unknown driver smashed into his parked car early on Monday morning and drove away.
Overnight, between Sunday 8 and Monday 9 May, Jarryd Duits had parked his silver Holden Commodore outside of his house in Koala Avnue, Badger Creek, beside the road.
At about 6.30am, an unknown car crashed into his, side-swiping it and causing damage to its side panels, front bumper and front driver’s side wheel.
When Mr Duits, 23, came to see the car at 10.30am, he said the car had been pushed about a metre along the side of the road from the impact.
Healesville police Leading Senior Constable Cliff Argus said the driver of the offending car “took off”, and that officers visited the scene in the morning.
Mr Duits told the Mail that he had owned the car for the last six to eight months and, because the driver had not come forward, he was now looking down the barrel of an insurance excess to get it repaired.
On Tuesday, 10 May, he said the damage was being assessed, but that he was thankful that he wasn’t in the car when it was hit.
“That’s probably the best thing to take away from the whole thing,” he said.
Leading Sen Const Argus said police believed the car that hit Mr Duits’ was black or dark-coloured.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to file a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
