Western Bulldogs vice-captain Lachie Hunter is at the centre of an alleged drink-driving incident, with police claiming he fled the scene of a car accident while intoxicated.

Hunter is set to be charged over the alleged incident, where he is accused of hitting four parked cars while more than two times over the legal blood alcohol limit.

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Police say they arrived just before 9pm on Thursday night to the Middle Park scene, in inner Melbourne, where an SUV owned by Hunter appeared to have crashed into four other cars.

Authorities claim the 24-year-old was not at the scene when they arrived but was located at a property in South Yarra a short time later, where he was breath-tested.

“Prahran Highway Patrol were called to Middle Park Thursday evening following reports a car had crashed into a number of parked cars,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

“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 Middle Park man was given a preliminary breath test and a subsequent evidentiary breath test, where he furnished a reading of 0.123.”

“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.”

The player’s car was towed from the scene with at least one other car, however, no one was reportedly injured in the alleged incident.

Hunter was recently promoted to vice-captain at the end of last year under the Bulldogs’ new skipper Marcus Bontempelli.

Eddie McGuire makes stunning player ‘mutiny’ claims

Eddie McGuire has warned clubs face a ‘mutiny’ if senior players don’t want to get on board with a radical ‘hub’ plan to restart the 2020 AFL season.

Creating hubs, where teams are separated into three groups and isolated in different states to limit their exposure to COVID-19, is one of the scenarios the league is considering as it plots a way out of the financially-crippling shutdown.

However McGuire says clubs would face a mutiny if players didn’t all agree to support the controversial plan.

Speaking on Footy Classified on Wednesday night, the Collingwood boss was asked what might happen if senior players said they didn’t want the hubs plan to go ahead.

“I would think that would cause an absolute mutiny in a football club,” McGuire said.

“There’s a lot of players who aren’t getting paid $750,000 that need to eat and there’s a lot of people out there at the moment who would do anything for a job.

“I think that would be really bad — and I don’t think it will get to that because everyone’s trying to work through what’s going to be the best situation.”

McGuire said Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury has approached him and expressed support for the plan.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – More prosecution testimony and more crime scene evidence were shared on day five of the trial for a former football player accused of killing a cheerleader who used to be his girlfriend.

Riley Gaul is charged with the murder of Emma Walker, 16, who was shot to death in her own bedroom. That gunfire killed her, coming through the wall of her home.

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During Thursday’s court proceedings, the jurors were shown secretly recorded video from a body camera worn by one of Gaul’s friends showing the time leading up to Gaul’s arrest in November 2016.

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Friday’s proceedings focused on crime analysis. The photos and videos captured by investigators, that attorneys played during testimony, was not allowed to be recorded by our cameras because Emma Walker was a juvenile.

First called to the witness stand was Kenneth Cookson, an employee at AT&T. He provided cell phone records. Cookson’s testimony was brief but he discussed cell phone towers, latitude and longitude, as well as the number of calls requested for the Gaul trial.

One civilian witness was called to the stand: Walker Stanley, who was Gaul’s roommate at Maryville College.

Stanley says while they didn’t get to know each other well, he had met Emma Walker and noticed Gaul was having problems. Prosecutors referenced the days leading up to and then after Emma’s death.

“With regard to contact with Riley Gaul, did you receive a Snapchat from Riley Gaul after you were contacted by the police?” asked the prosecutor.

Stanley answered that he did; the attorney then asked what Gaul requested in the Snapchat.

“To not talk to the police,” answered Stanley.

Jurors then left the courtroom as pictures, taken by investigators, of evidence involving the firearm, crime scene, numbered pieces of evidence and inside Emma’s bedroom were discussed. Prosecutors argued they should be shown because only seconds would be spent on the photos.

KCSO forensic technician Nikki Bules took the witness stand explaining some of the crime scene photos she took. Bags of evidence were brought to her and attorneys asked her to open them, then explain the contents. At one point, attorneys had her stand and show the jury the shell casing and firearm she recovered as evidence.

Two TBI investigators also took the stand, one who tests and identifies firearms, the other specializing in forensic testing.

“I examined a wrapper from the crime scene, a blood standard from Emma Walker, a glock-19 handgun, two shoes from a Hyundai Tucson, two gloves from a Hyundai Tucson, sweatpants and a sweatshirt from the same Tucson and then a number of buckle swabs from different individuals,” said TBI Agent Kendall Stoner.

There was discussion regarding some of the more graphic photos and video taken by KCSO investigators. Ultimately the judge decided to allow the video and audio from that recording to be played for jurors.

A number of Emma’s friends, along with her family, came to court in purple, some of the shirts saying “Rest Easy EJW.”

The trial will pick up again Monday morning.