Masons Rd residents say closing road not the answer to danger
A frightened man who has had two vehicles land in his paddock following crashes on Masons Rd says a vital measure must be installed to save lives.
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A frightened Wilkes Crt man who has had two cars end up in his paddock following serious crashes on Masons Rd says the road urgently needs to be sealed so speed humps can be installed.
On May 18, John Dagher woke to discover an SUV with a smashed bonnet and windscreen in a paddock about 100m from his house.
Mr Dagher said the incident was nearly identical to a crash three years ago in which someone was left with serious head injuries after a car landed in his paddock.
“I’m not surprised at all that it has happened again,” Mr Dagher said.
While Mr Dagher said he heard the occupants involved in the most recent crash were “just inches away from losing their lives”, Mernda police still do not know who was in the car, or how it came to crash.
Mernda police senior sergeant Daniel Jamison said police were only alerted to the crash when the police received a call of a “suspect vehicle” on May 19.
“We don’t know the circumstances in which it (the crash) occurred, we don’t know if injuries occurred,” Sgt Jamison said.
Mr Dagher said the crash showed that a plan by Whittlesea Council to close the road to through traffic, which was out for public consultation, did not go far enough.
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“I don’t have a problem if there are speed humps every 20 metres,” Mr Dagher said.
“The road needs to be sealed.”
“I’ve got very young kids and having to worry about my wife and kids every time they leave the house is just ridiculous,” he said.
Masons Rd resident Tina Marshall said the crash had prompted Masons Rd residents who had backed the plan to close the road to the public to call for the road to be sealed instead.
“This way big speed humps could be put on the road,” she said.
An audit by VicRoads showed it would cost about $105,000 to close the road to through traffic and $12 million to seal it.
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