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Mt Eliza woman dies following Pearcedale crash
Crash scene: SES and CFA crews attempt to right the upturned car on Nepean Hwy before it is towed away. Picture: Gary Sissons
‘Lucky’ driver rescued after car flips ing Senior Constable Trainer said. “We are trying to determine the circumstances of the accident. She appears to have lost control before running into the embankment and rolling over; the car’s speed is also being looked at.” He said people at the crash scene when he arrived appeared reluctant to approach the badly damaged car “possibly fearing the worst”. He described the roads as wet. Frankston SES, CFA and ambulance crews also attended the crash at 10.15pm and the road was closed north bound for more than an hour. Leading Senior Constable Trainer wants witnesses to the accident to contact him at Mornington police on 5970 4900. Stephen Taylor
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that was in the intersection, attempting to turn left, onto the highway. The woman, who was the sole occupant in the car, was airlifted to The Alfred hospital but died on arrival. Four men in the utility and a mother and her 9-month-old baby in the third car were not injured. Police will now prepare a report for the Coroner.
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A WOMAN died following a crash involving three cars in Pearcedale on Friday 29 May. The collision happened at the intersection of Robinsons Road and the Western Port Highway just after 5pm. Police believe the 19-year-old Mt Eliza woman was travelling west on Robinsons Road when she entered the intersection and collided with a north bound Ford Ranger utility. The utility then collided with another vehicle
A FEMALE driver in her mid-30s was lucky to escape serious injury when her car hit an embankment and flipped onto its roof on Nepean Hwy, near Mt Eliza Way, on Thursday night. The Mornington woman, in a Kia Rio sedan, was trapped upside down for about 10 minutes and appeared to be in a state of shock. Leading Senior Constable Ron Trainer, of Mornington police, and an off-duty officer from Frankston, arrived soon after and climbed into the car to unhook the woman’s seatbelt. She was taken to Frankston hospital by ambulance but discharged herself on Friday morning. “A tree branch went through the car’s side window but, if it had gone through the windscreen, the outcome may have been much worse,” Lead-
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