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Birthday tragedy By KATH GANNAWAY
Tragedy has hit the Upper Yarra with the death of another young person on local roads. 137551 more police patrols on the road. “What we see is that it’s a popular back road with locals when the local footy finishes which gets them off the highway.” The loss of another local young person, and with two others critically
injured, has brought an outpouring of grief and solidarity on social media with Charlie being remembered as “one of the best blokes” and “one of the funniest, best blokes ... taken too soon”. One post said it all. “Thinking of
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He said Yarra Ranges Council had put barriers on the inside of the corner following requests from residents to address the issue of speed and general safety on the road. He said more needed to be done, and that residents would like to see
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A BIRTHDAY celebration turned to tragedy in a heartbeat in Milners Road at Launching Place on Friday night. The scene that greeted nearby residents and emergency services, just after 11pm, was chaotic and horrible. Upper Yarra 21-year-old, Charlie Robertson, died at the scene and two friends, a 22-year-old male from Three Bridges and a 22-year-old woman from Croydon, are fighting for their lives in hospital. Two other friends from the local area, and the driver from Patterson Lakes, escaped with minor injuries. Detective Sergeant Mark Amos of the Major Collision Investigation Unit said the group had left the Wesburn Hotel and were travelling from Yarra Junction on the back road to Launching Place when the driver over-corrected on a bend and rolled the vehicle. “Potentially the vehicle has rolled a number of times,” Det Sgt Amos said. He said potentially all six people in the five-seater four-wheel-drive were ejected, with a ‘good chance’ they weren’t wearing seatbelts. “The causes we are looking at are alcohol and speed,” he said, but added the investigators would also be keeping an open mind on other causes such as distraction, poor behaviour and drugs. Andrew Swann who lives within metres of the bend where the driver lost control described it as a “shocking corner”. He and his wife, a nurse, rushed to help when they heard the crash. Mr Swann said it was a devastating scene, but that emergency services arrived quickly. He said the corner was notoriously bad. “We’ve been here for four years and had four crashes in that time. “So many people lose control there and that’s not even counting the many near misses.”