A 23-year-old man has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries following a hit and run incident in Melbourne’s east.
Police said the young man from Narre Warren was sitting in the middle of Boronia Rd in Bayswater when he was hit by a car that was allegedly speeding at about 3.10am.
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“The driver involved didn’t stop at the scene and fled in the damaged vehicle,” a police spokesperson said.
At about 8am on Sunday, police received reports of a man sleeping inside a damaged vehicle parked on Jacobus Walk at Ferntree Gully.
They arrested the man, a 28-year-old from Bayswater, and were interviewing him on Sunday morning.
Boronia Road was closed while detectives from the major collision investigation unit analysed the scene.
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information or who may have witnessed the crash to come forward.
-With AAP
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