Double fatallity

[Bravotwozero]

Warning signs on ramp

Dina Rosendorff

February 17, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun

THE P-plate driver who killed Damien Willey and Paul Stuart sped for almost 4km on the wrong side of the Princes Freeway before ploughing into them head on.
To turn the wrong way on to the Maltby bypass, the 19-year-old driver must have ignored or somehow missed directions at traffic lights recently installed at the top of the off-ramp.

He must have mounted the kerb to navigate the sharp angles leading back on to the freeway, passing a "No Entry" sign and two large red "Wrong Way Go Back" signs on either side as he entered it.

Several motorists managed to dodge the erratic driver before calling police.

But it was too late to save Mr Stuart and Mr Willey, who were hit after they pulled out to overtake a truck.

Their 1991 model Holden Statesman, which had no airbags, was no match for the force of the collision at a combined 200km/h.

The young driver's car, a 1995 Holden Berlina, was equipped with airbags.

As investigators examined the scene, an empty baby capsule could be seen still securely strapped into the back of Mr Stuart's car.

Hoppers Crossing residents said the Forsyth Rd intersection was a notorious black spot.

Traffic lights were put up at the intersection several months ago because of the number of accidents, they said.

Sheree Porter, who was awakened by the ear-splitting impact, said she tried to avoid driving through the area.

"I go the long way to drop the kids off from school because there are always accidents coming that way," she said.

"If you stand there long enough, you'll see an accident."

Darryl Stephenson said the traffic lights were a step in the right direction, but more should be done to safeguard the stretch of road.

"The accidents that happen are all fatalities," he said.

"It's frightening."

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I cannot comprehend how a motorist can enter a freeway and not realise he's driving down an OFF RAMP, and then drive 4 kilometres in the wrong direction and still not realise something it seriously wrong!

Either a crackhead, p1sshead or d1ckhead! And his stupidity has killed two people!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...9-2862,00.html

[Marco-EFIVL]

Oh dear.......:my: :my:
- To those innocent fellas.

You gotta feel sorry for their families, that is so sad, yet so damn disgraceful, or, just... I can't think of the word, stupidity, recklessness or what. This guy that cause the accident isn't even a spanner, he is a f***ing drill bit by the sounds of it...

[Lloyd1986]

The second half of the article doesn't make sense... The accident didn't happen at the traffic lights, it happened on the highway. And you would have to be more than a moron to not realize you are going the wrong way down a highway, especially seeing other cars had to DODGE him.