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court reporter Danny Tran

Manslaughter charges dropped against trucking company boss Simiona Tuteru over Eastern Freeway tragedy

Manslaughter charges have been unexpectedly dropped against the boss of a truck driver who killed four police officers when he struck them with his vehicle on a Melbourne freeway.

Simiona Tuteru was due to face a trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria, where he was fighting four manslaughter charges over the deadly collision on the Eastern Freeway in 2020, but during a brief hearing today, those charges were discontinued.

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