Overview

• Video from the pursuing car shows limited visibility on Centenary Drive and speeds around 165 km/h, with bursts above 200 km/h while passing traffic.
• The crash and subsequent fire were not shown in court, and the NSW Coroners Court has not delivered findings.
• Coroner Joan Baptie is scrutinising Senior Constable Peter Miliadis and Constable Martin Williams over pursuit decisions before the M4 ramp crash.
• An internal police review in 2023 cleared Miliadis of unsafe driving, and its author told the court the speed-check tactic was appropriate.
• Counsel described police speeds as excessive, the families’ lawyer criticised “stealth over safety,” and evidence indicated the men died on impact before the fire.