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Saab driver crashing into a number of police cars in Queensland

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Interesting, but not so famous Saab story, comes to us from the Australian town of Nambour (Queensland). A local man, Saab 9-5 driver, has been charged with wilful damage, drink driving and traffic offences after allegedly crashing into a number of police vehicles at Nambour yesterday afternoon.

Around 3.45pm, it will be alleged a 56-year-old man drove his red Saab 9-5 into the carpark of a police establishment in Currie Street. It will further be alleged the man then crashed into the passenger side of a Road Policing Unit vehicle causing significant damage.

Saab 9-5 crashed into police cars
Saab 9-5 crashed into police cars

The impact forced the vehicle into another police vehicle also causing damage. Police will allege the man then reversed into another police vehicle causing severe damage to the passenger side. It will further be alleged the man then drove into the rear of a fourth police vehicle causing significant damage.

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Slamed police cars

Police allege the man then exited his vehicle and challenged police before an officer successfully deployed his Taser. The raging Saab driver was taken into custody without incident. A 56-year-old Nambour man has been charged with four counts of wilful damage, one count of each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, driving under the influence, obstruct police, contravene a direction and unlawfully found on a police establishment. In the incident was not injured nor the driver is not cops.

Very strange Saab story…

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Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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