A former Moyne Shire councillor says it’s extraordinary that a driver hasn’t died on the Glenfyne-Brucknell Road.
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Geoff Rollinson, of Purnim, was driving between his home and Timboon on Thursday morning when he hit a road detour put in place following a truck roll over that saw 4000 litres of petrol leak into a nearby paddock at Ecklin South.
Mr Rollinson said the accident brought back memories from five years ago when he was travelling behind a truck loaded with large square hay bales that rolled over on the same stretch of road, trapping the driver inside the cabin.
He said a second truck, carrying a load of hay to fire affected farms, rolled over in April.
“It’s extraordinary that three recent truck rollovers on this bend have not led to a road death,” he said.
“The driver of the first incident survived, but it was quite distressing. It’s a narrow and windy road that is largely used by non-local truck drivers.
“The ideal solution would be to have flashing traffic signs warning drivers in both directions of the perilous sharp bend ahead, another would be a road alignment. The long term solution is to have major investment in the region for this and other road hazards.”
Corangamite Shire director works and service Brooke Love said the Glenfyne Brucknell Road was inspected regularly by council as part of its road inspection program.
She said according to VicRoads data there had been no reported fatal, serious injury or other crashes on the road between 2012 and 2017.
“Council is aware that there was an incident with a hay truck earlier this year,” Ms Love said.
“Council reviewed the road safety signage on this section of road earlier this year, following the incident involving the hay truck. Following this review, the lines of the edge of the road were repainted, existing alignment marker signage were raised and additional signs installed.
“The existing advisory speed restrictions were considered adequate.”
