Lachie Hunter charged with Drink Driving

[hujsh]

I was stressed so I downed half a bottle of whisky offisher *hic*....
Dumb, lucky no injuries. Allegedly at this stage, hes been uber impressive since the betting issue early in career.
Gordon on ABC said this :

"said the vice-captain was "a good young man".

"Sadly it's a reflection of not dealing with the pressure of what a whole lot of us are under at the moment but you can't see that as an excuse," Mr Gordon said.

"This is behaviour we don't want to see."

I figured Coronavirus pressure would get used as a partial excuse. Smart I suppose.

[GVGjr]

I'm picturing Lachie answering the door to the police with a Corona in hand like 'yo, here to join the party?!'

Corona? Really?

[Axe Man]

Ex bulldog?

Affirmative.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

If this happened in his first few years I wouldn't have been surprised, but now? Disappointing and incredibly stupid.

More to the story as always but he deserves what comes his way.

[Eastdog]

Not good Lachie. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

[angelopetraglia]

WESTERN Bulldogs vice-captain Lachie Hunter was driven by teammate Bailey Smith from the scene of a drink-driving incident where he is alleged to have hit four parked cars on Thursday evening.

Hunter, who later blew 0.123, was taken by the second-year midfielder to teammate Billy Gowers' house in South Yarra after the incident in Middle Park around 8.45pm.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/391534

[Mantis]

Reports that Bailey Smith drove Hunter away from the scene of incident.

[Axe Man]

UPDATE: Dog facing charges after allegedly leaving crash with teammate

WESTERN Bulldogs vice-captain Lachie Hunter was driven by teammate Bailey Smith from the scene of a drink-driving incident where he is alleged to have hit four parked cars on Thursday evening.

Hunter, who later blew 0.123, was taken by the second-year midfielder to teammate Billy Gowers' house in South Yarra after the incident in Middle Park around 8.45pm.

Police arrived at the scene of the crash in Wright Street to find Hunter's damaged SUV with the star midfielder nowhere to be seen.

He was later located at a South Yarra address – now confirmed as Gowers' property - and given a preliminary breath test. A subsequent evidentiary breath test recorded a reading more than two times the legal blood alcohol limit.

Hunter's car, along with two of the four cars he is alleged to have hit, was towed from the scene.

It is believed one of the cars hit by Hunter belonged to the parents of Smith's girlfriend which became known at the time of exchanging contact details.

Alcohol was found on the front seat of Hunter's car.

On Friday morning he was set to be charged on summons.

The 25-year-old's licence was suspended for 12 months, while he was also hit with a $1652 penalty notice for breaching strict social distancing directions in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.

After departing Gowers' house, it is understood Hunter then went to his sister's property for the rest of the evening.

Hunter and Gowers are close friends and last year travelled in the off-season together.

The Dogs were scrambling for information of the incident when they were called on Friday morning.

"I can confirm there was an incident with one of our players," Dogs president Peter Gordon told AFL.com.au.

"We're in the process of investigating what happened and we'll say something more when we know something more about it."

Earlier in the night, around 7pm AEST, Hunter posted a photo on social media with a group of friends in a 'Zoom' video teleconferencing call. He appeared to be alone in the image.

Police provided AFL.com.au with a statement in the early hours of Friday morning.

"Prahran Highway Patrol were called to Middle Park Thursday evening following reports a car had crashed into a number of parked cars," the statement read.

"The crash occurred on Wright Street where it's believed a Toyota SUV crashed into four unoccupied parked cars about 8.45pm.

"When police arrived, it was found the driver had left the scene.

"Attending police made follow up enquiries and located the 25-year-old driver at an address in South Yarra.

"The man's licence was immediately suspended for 12 months and it is expected will be charged on summons with drink driving and other traffic matters.

"Whilst committing the offences the man was found to be in breach of the directions issued by the Chief Health Officer, and he was issued a $1652 penalty notice.

"The directions by the Chief Health Officer, under the State of Emergency declared in Victoria, have been enacted to help stop the spread of Coronavirus."

Having served in the Dogs' leadership group since 2018, Hunter was elevated to vice-captain in December under new skipper Marcus Bontempelli.

In March last year Hunter signed a five-year extension to remain with the Dogs until the end of 2024.

Hunter's manager was contacted for comment.

[angelopetraglia]

That he has involved other teammates when he is the Vice-Captain makes this about 10 times worse in my opinion. Such a bad example and even worse when he is actually influencing others.

[Happy Days]

So this is that damn Billy Gowers’ fault. I knew it.

[GVGjr]

WESTERN Bulldogs vice-captain Lachie Hunter was driven by teammate Bailey Smith from the scene of a drink-driving incident where he is alleged to have hit four parked cars on Thursday evening.

Hunter, who later blew 0.123, was taken by the second-year midfielder to teammate Billy Gowers' house in South Yarra after the incident in Middle Park around 8.45pm.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/391534

Yep, That just about completes it

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Wow dragging along a second year player too. What a horrible example to set. What’s next?

[Mofra]

Wow, Smith and Gowers involved. What's next, they find a GWS membership in his wallet?

[divvydan]

Wouldn't shock me at all to find out that the "drinking at Gowers' place afterwards" was him stupidly trying to cast doubt on how much alcohol he'd had at the time of the crash.

[The Pie Man]

Yep, That just about completes it

Does young Bailey get the Cameron Bancroft treatment (as in, being directed by a senior team member under pressure etc) or does it not matter that he drove him away from the scene (to not his house given we're all in lockdown)?

Somewhere in the middle?

This is a weird story