The Cardross road accident refers to a hit and run accident at Cardross, Victoria, Australia at 9.50pm on February 18, 2006, where a driver driving a Ford BA Falcon station wagon, collided with a group of thirteen teenage pedestrians, killing five immediately and injuring eight more. The teenagers were walking along Myall Street, Cardross to a party in nearby Red Cliffs after being dropped by a taxi at an incorrect address. Cassandra Manners, 16, Stevie-Lee Weight, 15, Cory Dowling, 16, Abby Hirst, 17 and her 16 year old brother Shane Hirst all died at the scene. Josephine Calvi, 16, died the following day at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. On February 20, 2006, Thomas Graham Towle, a 35-year-old resident of Red Cliffs appeared in the Mildura Magistrates Court, facing 17 charges, including six of culpable driving, five of negligently causing serious injury and one of failing to stop after an accident. Towle made no application for bail and was remanded in custody and ordered to reappear before the Mildura Magistrates Court for a committal hearing to begin during March, 2007. His trial before the Supreme Court began in Melbourne on February 4, 2008.