Five-and-a-Half Years’ Jail for Driver Who Killed Five

Minutes before one of Victoria’s deadliest crashes, police warned Christopher Joannidis about the dangers of the intersection he was approaching.

Christopher Dillon Joannidis (2nd right) and partner Eleanor Theebom (right) arrives at the County Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Nov. 27, 2024. AAP Image/Joel Carrett

A driver has been locked up for five-and-a-half years after being warned by police about a dangerous intersection before he drove through it and killed five people.

Minutes before one of the deadliest crashes in Victoria’s history, in April 2023, two officers told Christopher Joannidis about the roads in Strathmerton.