By REBECCA BILLS
TWO drivers are lucky to be alive after a T-bone smash at the intersection of Beenak Road and Queens Road in Wandin North.
About 3pm on Friday 31 January a white van collided with a Van Berkel Plant Transport truck.
Managing director at Van Berkel Plant Transport Rodney Wintle said it was lucky no one was injured.
“If the van had been hit on the driver’s side I think it would have been a different situation,” he said.
“I live pretty close to where it happened and it’s a pretty bad corner.
Mr Wintle said the front cabin of his truck is caved in and he is currently waiting for an assessors’ report to see the vehicle is a write off.
“It was a fair old hit – they were both travelling around 60 kilometres an hour,” he said.
“The driver of my truck did see him and put his brakes on nearly 100 meters before the intersection – you can see the brake marks on the road but unfortunately was unable to stop in time.”
Local builder Nathan Schroder was working on a house a few doors up on Beenak Road when the accident took place.
“It was a really loud bang but it seems no one was hurt which was really lucky,” he said.
The Mail contacted police for a response but had not received comment by the time the paper went to print.
