BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – Daniel McConnell has shot to fame after telling how – dressed only in his underwear – he chased a driver who crashed into a shop.
He said his wife first heard the crash at a nearby fish and chip shop, which is run by his friend’s mother. He leapt from bed after the smash in the early hours of Thursday.
Then he followed the driver, who fled the scene, before giving police directions to apprehend him.
Mr McConnell said in a TV interview viewed millions of times online, “I was just chasing him in me jocks. I come outside in me jocks, and I’ve seen old mate… and I said, ‘oi, what are you doing there mate, you gotta wait here,’ and he’s like, ‘nah, nah, I fell asleep behind the wheel. He just started taking off, so I’ve run inside, jumped in me little purple car, and started chasing him up the street. He went down a side street, and I told the coppers he went down a side street, and they went and got him.”
Mr McConnell has been widely praised on social media for his actions and colourful turns of phrase. Some even suggested he be given a bravery award, or promote an underwear brand.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with unlicensed driving and is expected to appear at Brisbane Magistrates’ Court on January 31.
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