Thursday 11 July 2013

RIDER DOWN

VicPol Media Release . . . early hours of this morning . . . tragically,
another one of us clobbered . . . would seem by this description that
the truck driver wasn't looking when he entered the Princes Fwy from the
Monash Fwy??  Another one to keep an eye on with the Coroner?

FRIDAY, 12 JULY 2013 05:03

Police are currently at the scene of a fatal collision in Dandenong
South that has claimed the life of a motorcyclist.

It’s believed the motorcyclist was travelling eastbound on the Princes
Freeway around 4am and has collided with a truck coming off the
southbound exit of the Monash Freeway.

The male rider, aged in his 20s, died at the scene.

The truck driver is uninjured and is assisting police with their enquiries.

The Princes Freeway is closed in both directions with diversions in
place at the South Gippsland Highway.

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.

Provisional road toll:

2013 - 123
2012 - 143

Belinda Batty
Media Officer
VP28551/2013

1 comment:

  1. Why is it that the motorcyclist collided with the truck, and not the other way around?

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