Horrifying moment an unlicensed driver out on bail and high on a cocktail of hard drugs was flung from his car and killed a loving mother during deadly police pursuit

Horrifying dashcam footage shows the moment a doting mother was killed when a car being driven by her drug-addled mate crashed during a police pursuit. 

Mathew Dyer, 45, of Lilydale had been trying to escape cops when he slammed his SAAB into oncoming traffic in Melbourne's south-east on August 27 last year. 

Video captured from a nearby CCTV camera showed Dyer being flung from the car onto the road seemingly uninjured. 

He is next seen briefly looking into the passenger side of his wrecked car where Nicole Woollard, 39, sat critically injured. 

Ms Woollard died at the scene while a mother and young girl from the SUV Dyer struck sustained significant injuries. 

The driver of a ute also destroyed by Dyer's SAAB miraculously escaped the carnage uninjured.  

Dyer was later found to have fractured his skull. 

He had been spotted by police just moments earlier as he drove the SAAB at high speed through Ferntree Gully. 

He had been free in the community on bail over charges of theft, possessing methylamphetamine and using false registration plates. 

Dyer hadn't held a valid licence since 2013 and was again using stolen plates on the doomed SAAB. 

Ferntree Gully Road had been teeming with motorists when the tragedy took place just on 5.30pm.

Dashcam footage played in the County Court of Victoria and released to Daily Mail Australia showed the terrifying moment the pursuit came to an end at the intersection of Ferntree Gully Road and Cambden Park Parade. 

Police estimated Dyer's SAAB was travelling 159kmh in the 80km/h zone upon impact. 

The court heard one of the pursuing officers had just moments earlier decided to abandon the chase due to safety concerns. 

A female officer was heard radioing in the police airwing to continue the chase when the crash happened. 

'Ohhh,' her partner exclaimed in disbelief. 

The dashcam footage showed Dyer speeding through a red light, slamming his car into his oblivious victims. 

He is seen just seconds later standing on the median strip in the centre of the road.  

Witnesses described the crash scene as similar to that of a war zone. 

'The force of the impact showered our car in debris and battery acid,' one witness said. 

'The battery landed under the car, the bumper from the offending car ended up near our rear driver side wheel.'

An ambulance was coincidentally parked at the intersection at the time of the crash, with paramedics attending the scene almost immediately. 

A blood test taken from Dyer shortly after the crash found he was loaded on methylamphetamine and amphetamine. He had also been drinking.

Forensic experts later determined the quantity of meth in Dyer's system to be high, which would have been compounded by the effects of alcohol. 

Dyer refused to cooperate with police upon his arrest, providing a 'no comment' interview. 

He pleaded guilty in March to culpable driving causing death and reckless conduct endangering life.

Dyer was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on Thursday to 10 years and three months in prison, with a non-parole period of seven-and-a-half.

He has already spent a year behind bars. 

In sentencing, Judge Trevor Wraight said his sentence would send a 'clear message' to the community that 'stern consequences' are in store for like-minded offenders. 

Dyer was not even made to attend court for sentence, instead tuning in via video from the comfort of jail. 

The court heard Dyer is no stranger to jail and has lived a life of drug abuse and dishonesty. 

Judge Wraight said he took into account Dyer's rotten upbringing, remorse and 'fair' chance of rehabilitation.