By Peter Douglas
Belgrave resident Lola Diaz says her concerns over a dangerous Belgrave corner have been again justified.
She said the stretch of road, down from Kaola Street, Belgrave, claimed another victim about 8.30pm on Thursday 12 January.
According to Ms Diaz, the driver lost control when his vehicle slid across the other side when he applied his brakes, before crashing into an oncoming vehicle that had been towing a caravan.
Among the passengers inside the vehicle with the caravan were three children.
Ms Diaz said it was fortunate that no-one was injured.
“I heard the sound of the crash from inside my home,” she said.
“It appears there are similar circumstances to the situation (to other incidents), with the vehicle and trailer ending up on my property.
“Both drivers lost control as they approached the corner.”
This month’s incident is now the fourth in more than one year on that stretch of road.
In November last year, Ms Diaz told the ‘Mail’ she feared a car may one day “missile” into her kitchen after numerous near misses.
In the third incident, to which Ms Diaz referred above, a car slipped over an embankment along the Belgrave-Hallam Road in wet conditions, before tumbling down with great force into Ms Diaz’ front garden.
Tree stumps stopped the vehicle’s momentum and no-one was seriously injured.
The road in question is a section of the Belgrave-Hallam Road, just up from Kaola Street heading towards Belgrave South.
The road runs above her property, which is situated in a gully with a steep incline that leads into her house.
She feels she has a duty of care to both her neighbours and drivers on the road, because she believes one day they won’t be so lucky.
“VicRoads has told me there have not been any deaths on that road and they won’t be installing barriers,” she said.
“But, I’m wondering what it will take for them to take notice.”
