Fresh allegations have thrown the spotlight back on the notorious ‘Bike Boy’ crash involving former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and his wife, more than 10 years after a teenage cyclist was critically injured.

Former cop Scott Hanley told the Daily Mail he has prepared a brief of evidence on behalf of Ryan Meuleman, which he plans to present to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush during a sit-down meeting in the next two to three weeks.

It will then be referred to the Office of Public Prosecutions, which will decide whether any charges follow.

‘The brief of evidence is ready to go,’ Mr Hanley told Daily Mail.

‘We’ll be formally asking the Commissioner to commence an investigation – because one was never properly opened in the first place.

‘From there, it will be up to the Office of Public Prosecutions to decide whether it goes any further.’

Mr Meuleman was 15 when he collided with a Ford Territory driven by Catherine Andrews in the Mornington Peninsula town of Blairgowrie on January 7, 2013.

Mr Andrews, then Victorian Opposition Leader, and the couple’s three children were in the car.

 

Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his wife Catherine

 

Former cop Scott Hanley told the Daily Mail he has prepared a brief of evidence

After examining the case for more than two and a half years as a private investigator acting for the Meuleman family, Mr Hanley said he is now ready to push for the matter to be formally reopened.

Mr Hanley is connected to the case: while on duty in Sorrento, he was initially dispatched to the crash but, before reaching the scene, was stood down over the police radio and the job reassigned to officers at Rye Police Station.

‘It was highly unusual and a bit weird. I was the closest crew to the scene. There’s a sick boy bleeding on the road. Wouldn’t you want to use whatever crew could get there the quickest,’ Mr Hanley told the Herald Sun.

‘We had more experience than that Rye crew. The nature of policing means that when you take responsibility for a job, you take all the work that comes with it. I’ve never heard of another crew putting their hand up to take on somebody else’s job.’

Mr Andrews said there was a bike path running alongside Melbourne Road that crossed Ridley Street nearby, and that it was partly hidden by trees.

Mr Andrews said the car had stopped before turning and was moving slowly.

According to police statements from Catherine Andrews, just after the car turned into Ridley Street, it was hit hard on the front driver’s side by Mr Meuleman coming from the bike path.

‘He was moving at speed, he absolutely T-boned the car, hit it at such force he was literally inside the car. That’s how much the windscreen was depressed, he flew up over the car and hit the road,’ Mr Andrews said.

Ryan Meuleman, then 15, was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries and later lost part of his spleen

Mr Meuleman was cycling in the seaside town of Blairgowrie on January 7, 2013 when he collided with the ex-Victorian Premier’s car

The teenager was airlifted to hospital with catastrophic injuries, including a punctured lung, broken ribs and internal bleeding, and later lost most of his spleen.

But despite the Andrews’ claims, and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) clearing police of any wrongdoing, questions continue to be raised about what happened that day.