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The Blackburn one reminds of something that happened in Nunawading about 10 years ago.

We lived on the south side of Eastlink, but used to walk across the fly over to exercise on the Koonung Creek trail on the north side.

My daughter (about 5) had run off a bit ahead of me, while I had the dog and a pram for her to get in when she got tired.

A white van drove slowly past Warekila Pre-school towards us. I was hidden by a clump of trees at a bend in the road. I didn't think much of it until the van did a u-turn and slowly came back the other way.

I had emerged from behind the trees as the van came back around the bend. The driver saw me and went from slow cruising speed to absolutely flooring it. I remember being very surprised by the power of the acceleration. The van had no windows other than the windscreen and front doors. The driver was Asian in appearance, middle-aged and had one of those Covid masks on (way before Covid). He was on his own, so no idea why he would need a mask.

I contacted Crimestoppers, but fully acknowledged it was useless without other corroborating incidents.