Missing Victorian truckie tested for drugs and alcohol after fatal collision
A truck driver discovered hiding in a shed the day after a horror fatal smash has been tested for drugs and alcohol.
The 51-year-old from Glen Waverley remains under guard in hospital as police try to work out how he came to be found 20km from the crash site.
Graeme Presser is still coming to terms with his close encounter with a dead man.
The maintenance contractor walked into a wool shed-turned-hiding place for the truck driver who was feared killed in a horrific crash.
“I was moving some tools, and I must have woken him up, then I left," Mr Presser said.
The 51-year-old truck driver identified himself to the owner of the farm.
"He said he was out of it, he'd had a truck accident, last night, or the other day, he wasn't too sure of times by the sound of it."
With neck injuries and significant burns the truck driver was in a bad way after the crash at Tarrington on Tuesday morning.
The driver of a four-wheel drive was killed and a teenager is clinging to life.
Finding the truck driver at the Tabor Farm was one thing - how he got there was even more remarkable.
The truck driver was found almost 22 kilometres from the crash scene. It would take a healthy person almost four and a half hours to walk that far.
The young family who live at this property have no idea how long he had been hiding out at their home.
Major collision investigators are yet to interview the truck driver, however a blood sample has been taken to be tested for drugs and alcohol.
Investigators also returned to the scene.
The physical evidence suggests that the 4WD crossed onto the wrong side of the road but the truck driver may face serious charges for leaving the scene.
"I was a truckie years ago, and saw these things happening years ago, that's why I'm doing this, I'd rather be off the road," added Mr Presser.
The Major Collision Investigation unit is trying to clarify how he got so far from the crash scene including the theory that he may have hitch-hiked part of the way.
Anyone who may have information on the driver's movements to contact Crimestoppers.
