Montrose accident halts traffic in morning peak

Emergency services were called to an incident in Montrose on Tuesday 24 May. Picture: PARKER MCKENZIE.

By Mikayla van Loon

Traffic through Montrose was was brought to a slow crawl this morning after a car accident occurred at the intersection of Swansea and Cambridge Roads.

Emergency service crews including police, CFA and Ambulance Victoria responded to the call out around 7.50am.

“CFA was called to a washaway as a result of an accident on Cambridge Road in Montrose at 7.49am today,” a CFA spokesperson said.

“Firefighters found a car and truck had collided with one person needing to be released.”

Ambulance Victoria confirmed paramedics were called shortly after to attend to the a person from the vehicle.

“A woman was taken to Maroondah Public Hospital in a stable condition with upper body injuries,” a spokesperson said.

The incident was declared safe around 8.15am but cars heading both to and from Montrose were slowed down until the smashed Holden Commodore could be towed.

CFA placed oil soaker on the road. The incident began to be cleared around 8.40am when the tow truck arrived.