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Woman dies after two-car crash Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A DINGLEY Village woman has died from injuries sustained in a car crash last month. The 84-year-old was driving a Toyota Camry on Westall Road in Springvale South on 17 July when the crash occurred. A little after 12pm, the Camry collided with a Toyota Prado. The Camry driver was taken to hos-
pital with serious injuries. On 3 August, Victoria Police announced that she had died in hospital. The other driver, a 59-year-old man from Mulgrave, was not injured in the crash. Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash. They have asked anyone with dash cam or CCTV footage to contact Crime Stoppers to assist with the investigation. The road roll in Victoria has skyrocketed this year. As of 6 August, 177 people have died on Victorian roads.
At the same time last year the road toll was 142, nearly 25 percent lower. In a bid to slow the growing number of lives lost, Victoria Police conducted a special operation late last month. Police say they detected 230 offences on roads in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne over just one weekend. Victoria Police undertook operation “Hammerhead” on 29 and 30 July. Extra resources were dedicated towards road policing on the Monash Freeway, Princes Highway, and surrounding roads.
In a statement, Victoria Police confirmed that it had caught 103 people speeding, six with a blood alcohol reading of more than 0.05, and seven under the influence of drugs. Motorists were also caught driving while disqualified, failing to obey traffic signals, and on their mobile phones. Victoria Police road policing operations and investigations division superintendent John Fitzpatrick said “state highway patrol will continue to run operations like Hammerhead to ensure we are catching and removing these
dangerous drivers from our roads.” “Speeding continues to be a major contributor in serious injury and fatal collisions, and we are seeing that play out again in this year’s road trauma. The likelihood of being involved in a collision increases significantly when travelling at higher speeds. We need people to slow down and adhere to the speed limits, and those that do not will be held to account”. Contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at www. crimestoppersvic.com.au