Driver with serious injuries after crash
30 Mar, 2005 11:47 PM
A MALE driver sus
tained serious injuries
after his sedan ca
reered into a tree at
Cardigan late last
night.
The single-vehicle
accident came as crews
were still clearing the
scene of a smash near
Burrumbeet, on the
Western Hwy, after a
semi-trailer rolled
shortly before 5.30pm.
Ballarat TMU Senior
Constable Brad Fisher
said the semi-trailer,
transporting frozen
goods, was travelling
west when it rolled.
The 51-year-old
truck driver, of Clear
View, South Australia,
received minor injur
ies and was conveyed
to Ballarat Health Ser
vices Base Hospital.
Sen Const Fisher
said police were wish
ing to speak to the
driver of a dark green
Mitsubishi station
wagon, who may be
able to help police with
their investigation.
In the second acci
dent, a Ford sedan
travelling west along
Remembrance Dve ca
reered into a tree
shortly before 10.30pm.
The driver received
serious injuries and
was also transported to
Ballarat Health Ser
vices Base Hospital.
Meanwhile, police
are calling for any
witnesses to a hit run
accident in Delacombe
last night to come for
ward.
Ballarat TMU Con
stable Travis Johnson
said a blue vehicle col
lided with a parked red
Ford Falcon in Chalon
Court at about 8.50pm.
The car received
minor damage.
Anyone with any in
formation can contact
Ballarat TMU on 5336
1306.