slacker Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Irregular News for 05.18.06 Australia -- A stolen hearse hit speeds of up to 120km/h during a police chase before the teenage driver lost control and rolled it. The speeding 1994 Ford Falcon hearse was stolen from a funeral parlour in Tennant Creek and later rolled on the Stuart Highway when the driver lost control. The Tennant Creek Funerals hearse was reported stolen at 1.30am on Saturday and was spotted by a police patrol soon after. Police chased the vehicle along Paterson St but the pursuit was called off after speeds hit about 120km/h. A short time later a bus driver informed police the vehicle had rolled on the Stuart Highway about 2km north of Tennant Creek. The bus driver told police he saw a young male run from the crash site into bushland. Police later arrested a 15-year-old boy at his home in Tennant Creek and charged him with dangerous driving and unlicensed driving. He was also charged with driving under the influence after it was alleged he had been sniffing paint before the chase. He was refused juvenile diversion and will face a magistrate at a later date. It was not known whether the boy was responsible for stealing the hearse. Another teenager, a 13-year-old, was also helping police with investigations last night. It was the second time a hearse had been stolen from Tennant Creek Funerals owner Noel Davis. Another was stolen and burnt out in Alice Springs about eight months ago. ``It's $40,000 for a second-hand one and anywhere up to $160,000 for the later models. I feel very cranky about this,'' Mr Davis said. He said traditional owners were due to conduct a ritual on the vehicle to free it of spirits. ``They were going to come around on Saturday and smoke it because I'd had four funerals,'' he said. Mr Davis said hearses were difficult to source and often sold quickly due to a rising number of young Australians buying them for general use. ``You've got to hunt half of Australia for one,'' he said. ``And when they're for sale you've got to be quick. ``Young fellas buy them as play cars to drive around in - they put a coffin in it and drive around town, trying to interest the girls. Or they deck them out and turn them into sleeper cabins.'' source Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 ***SNIP*** ``Young fellas buy them as play cars to drive around in - they put a coffin in it and drive around town, trying to interest the girls. ***SNIP*** I would think that would limit the pool of available females from which to choose - probably only interest Goth chicks... Quote Link to comment
hoyamannn Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 How stupid! Let's see, I want to steal a car that people aren't going to recognize easily. How about a hearse! Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 They must have some f&*cked up women over there!!! Quote Link to comment
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