{"id":7231,"date":"2021-01-13T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:53:34","slug":"miracle-escape-from-taradale-truck-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/featured\/2021\/01\/13\/miracle-escape-from-taradale-truck-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle escape from Taradale truck crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A driver had a miraculous escape after his truck careered off a bridge on the Calder Freeway at Taradale this morning, falling 50 feet and landing in a creek bed.<br \/>\nThe impact of the crash folded the cabin under the trailer and pinned the driver by his legs. He remained conscious and was able to call for help as passers-by noticed debris on the freeway and stopped to investigate.<br \/>\nEmergency services were called to the scene about 5.30am.<br \/>\nThe Kangaroo Flat man, aged in his 30s, was extricated and flown by air ambulance to Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.<br \/>\nIt is thought the truck may have clipped a railing, causing it to veer off the road.<br \/>\nThe northbound lanes of the freeway remain closed as the scene is cleared.<br \/>\n<strong>DANGER ON SCENE<\/strong><br \/>\nElphinstone Fire Brigade captain Andy Chapman said the incident was made more dangerous by drivers not paying attention and not respecting red and blue flashing lights.<br \/>\n&#8220;When we arrived we couldn&#8217;t see what had happened, the truck was 50-foot below in the creek,&#8221; he told the <em>Express<\/em>.<br \/>\n&#8220;I heard a person yell out and shone my torch down to the creek and I could see his face sticking out of the cabin.<br \/>\n&#8220;Up above, one car came through and hit the Armco railing laying in the middle of the road and got airborne.<br \/>\n&#8220;The next bloke seconds after that came along and swerved to the left and then skidded round to the right, and then the next car came round and swerved.<br \/>\n&#8220;People have got to start reading the fact that red and blue lights mean slow down.<br \/>\n&#8220;It was a miracle there was not another prang,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7235\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The impact of the crash folded the cabin under the trailer and pinned the driver by his legs. Photo: ietsystems.com.au<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7238\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-4-300x182.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-4-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-4-768x465.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-4-1024x620.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-4.jpeg 1884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Doug Holden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-5-Website-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-5-Website-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-5-Website-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TruckCrash-5-Website.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Doug Holden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driver had a miraculous escape after 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