BILLOWING in the wind, a loosely placed tarp attempts to cover a small, blue barrel sitting in the tray of a black ute speeding down a Brisbane highway.

It was what was in the barrel — the remains of a murdered girl — that has sparked a statewide manhunt.

A tradie’s dashcam caught the moment the ute almost collided with his car as it raced past him at more than 150km/h.

Queensland Police are now in the middle of a manhunt in an attempt to find Zlatko Sikorksy, 34, the alleged driver of the ute.

“It’s insane thinking about it, scary really,” the tradesman who was passed by the ute told 7 News.

Police believe Sikorsky has information on the whereabouts of a missing 16-year-old girl, Larissa Beilby.

Investigations into Larissa’s disappearance took a dramatic turn on Wednesday when police knocked on the door of a Buccan property, near Logan in Brisbane’s south.

Police had been notified of Larissa’s bank card being used at a Brisbane McDonald’s by someone driving a black ute, The Courier-Mail reports.

CCTV from the McDonald’s carpark gave them the numberplate of the ute, which led them to the Logan City home.

But when officers knocked on the door, Sikorsky fled out the back door, jumping in the black ute and driving away.

Officers spent the night searching for Sikorsky, responding to a number of false alarms and even locking down a popular Gold Coast shopping centre.

Police cordoned off Pimpama Shopping Centre just after dark last night, using torches to search every car that exited and setting up barricades to stop people coming in.

Despite the thorough lockdown, it was later deemed a false alarm. It’s understood police responded to a number of reported sightings yesterday but Sikorksy remains at large.

It’s believed Sikorsky was in a relationship with Larissa before she was reported missing earlier this month.

Officers spent the night searching for Sikorsky, responding to a number of false alarms and even locking down a popular Gold Coast shopping centre.

Police cordoned off Pimpama Shopping Centre just after dark last night, using torches to search every car that exited and setting up barricades to stop people coming in.

Despite the thorough lockdown, it was later deemed a false alarm. It’s understood police responded to a number of reported sightings yesterday but Sikorksy remains at large.

It’s believed Sikorsky was in a relationship with Larissa before she was reported missing earlier this month.