Trailer, ship container rolls on cars: miracle escape
Published: August 9, 2005
A TRAILER and a shipping container that rolled on top of two cars in Bendigo yesterday were dangerously overweight, police said today.
A man and a woman travelling in separate cars narrowly escaped serious injury when the container fell on to the cars as it negotiated a corner in the suburb of Golden Square.
Acting Sergeant Troy Hargadon of Bendigo police said initial investigations had revealed the combined load of the trailer and the container to be eight tonnes over the legal limit.
He said police investigations were continuing and no charges had yet been laid.
One of the motorists, Christine Jarvis, who suffered a broken leg in the accident, said today she had been pinned in the car for more than an hour.
As she saw the container heading for her car, Ms Jarvis lay on the seat of her Hyundai Excel, a move which rescue workers say probably saved her life.
“As soon as I seen it tip, I just said, ‘oh god, oh god’,” Ms Jarvis told ABC radio.
“Then I laid down across my seat – it just took the whole top off my car.
“I just hit a bit of my head on the side and pinned my legs under the steering wheel.”
A man in the car behind her scrambled into the back seat of his Commodore and escaped injury.
Police said the incident occurred shortly before 6pm yesterday when a truck and trailer carrying two shipping containers full of scrap metal was turning at an intersection in Golden Square.
As the truck turned, the trailer and its load tipped over on to the two cars which were stopped at a set of lights.
The truck driver was treated for shock, but was otherwise unhurt.
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