- Published:
- Tuesday 24 March 2026 at 12:09 pm
Knox Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two males in relation to an assault on 22 March.
A truck was parked near a fast-food restaurant at a service station on the Eastlink Freeway about 12pm.
Two males, a 30-year-old and 32-year-old from Hoppers Crossing, got out of the truck and one of them went to collect food.
It is alleged a red Subaru sedan pulled up alongside the van, two male occupants got out and started a verbal altercation with the truck driver who was subsequently assaulted.
There were no serious injuries.
The two offenders fled in the Subaru southbound on the Eastlink.
Two men were arrested in Heathmont yesterday.
A 20-year-old Heathmont man and an 18-year-old Carrum Downs man have been charged with common law assault and possess drug of dependence.
They were bailed to appear in Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 16 June.
Belinda Batty
Media Unit
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