By REBECCA BILLS
TWO vehicles collided in peak-hour traffic at the York Road intersection on Thursday, causing mayhem for drivers.
About 4.30pm, a Ford collided with a Honda turning into Wray Crescent.
Mount Evelyn CFA Captain Jim Armstrong attended the scene and said something needed to be done about the busy intersection.
“There were two people in each vehicle that collided and one in each was injured,” he said.
“One lady was suffering from what we originally thought was a heart attack and started fitting.
“She was taken into the care of ambulance workers and transported to hospital.”
Mr Armstrong said the other person received chest injuries but was treated on the scene.
“While there hasn’t been an accident at the intersection for quite some time, we have attended some very serious ones in the past that seem to all follow a similar pattern,” Mr Armstrong said.
“In the section of road there is a little bit of a rise so it is hard to see if cars are travelling up York Road.
“Turning into Wray Crescent with the lights there, it needs to have either a red light or a green arrow to go, not just a red arrow that disappears.”
Mr Armstrong said due to the peak hour traffic it took quite a while for the ambulances to arrive.
“It also took a long time to clear the scene as the tow truck took until 7pm to arrive at the scene because of banked-up cars on the road,” he said.
Mount Evelyn resident and witness Matthew Collins said he was crossing a road close by when the incident occurred.
“I turned around and saw the Honda turning from York Road into Wray Crescent and they both had a green light both ways, however there was no green arrow,” he said.
“It was up to the Honda to make the decision on whether or not to go.
“The driver of the Honda said he saw someone flash his lights indicating to go, it was pretty banked up with peak hour traffic, he went and this Ford has barrelled up the left lane and went into him.”
Mr Collins said he ran over straight away and asked them if they were OK.
“The fireys were first on the scene and roughly five minutes later the ambos arrived,” he said.
“The female driver of the Ford was pretty shaken up and it took two ambulance crews to jimmy her out of there.”
Mr Armstrong said he encouraged local residents to get in touch with council to make a change in the light system to ensure this did not happen again.
Lilydale police attended the scene but had not responded by the time the Mail went to print.
