Safety measures increase at intersection
Measures to increase safety at one of Darwin’s most notorious intersections have continued.
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A DARWIN intersection which has been the scene of two of the Top End’s deadliest car crashes now has a speed camera watching over motorists.
Workman were at the intersection of Tiger Brennan Dr and Berrimah Rd yesterday morning installing speeding cameras.
Three cameras have placed thus far, one inbound, one outbound and one inbound to Berrimah, with works continuing.
It is the second safety measure introduced at the intersection since seven-year-old Mehali Anastasios Pastrikos and Wade Williams, 21, were killed in a horrific crash.
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A Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics (DIPL) spokesperson said safety measures at the intersection had continually been in development.
“The fatality that occurred at this intersection further highlighted the need to undertake immediate action to improve road safety by reducing the speed limit and installing speed and red light cameras,” they said.
DIPL reduced the speed limit from 100km/h to 80km/h in the weeks after the crash.
The speed limit reduction was initially recommended six years ago in the coronial inquest findings into the deaths of Troppo Architects directors Lena Yali and Greg McNamara and eminent landscape architect Kevin Taylor in 2011.
In May the speed limit was permanently reduced to 80km/h for a section of the busy road.
Mehali and Mr Williams died after the Rav4 they were in collided with a Ford Ranger about midnight.
The driver of the second car was seriously injured.
The tragic crash left the Darwin community in a state of shock. Images of the crash captured it’s shattered frame and debris spread on the bitumen.
The car’s front end was completely smashed, with the tyres remaining barely attached to it.
The Rav4 was allegedly driven by Mehali’s mother Andrea Groening, who fronted court for the first time on October 1.
She was charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death, and one count each of dangerous driving causing serious harm, reckless driving, mid-range drink driving and drug driving.
The case will be heard in the Supreme Court and will likely be settled next year.
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