By Callum Ludwig
A sizeable oil spill has played a part in a scary collision in Woori Yallock and is a prompt reminder of what hazards can be around any corner on our roads.
Paramedics, police and CFA crews from the Hillcrest and Badger Creek CFAs responded to a two-car collision on Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road at about 2.25pm on Wednesday 17 January.
Hillcrest CFA Captain Colin Dickson said upon arrival, everyone involved was out of the vehicles, which was good news.
A Melbourne Water employee was first on the scene and he was helping look after one of the drivers, so it was fairly straightforward in that regard but as we arrived we could see that there was a lot of oil on the road, either side of the accident scene,” he said.
“It had us thinking that that may well have been the cause of the accident, there was oil on the road when one of the vehicles came across it and that would have contributed to them losing control.”
Ambulance Victoria confirmed that a boy was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition with upper body pain and a woman in her 30s was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition with upper body pain.
Mr Dickson said it’s really important that people drive to the conditions and are mindful when they’re driving of changes in road surfaces.
“Driving at a speed that will enable you to pull up if the circumstances require in a reasonable time is super important,” he said.
“The road is otherwise quite good in that spot, but the oil spill was well over 100 metres long on that bend of the road.”
VicRoads also arrived on the scene later to clean up the oil slick. For all urgent on-road hazards such as oil on the road, large debris or major potholes, call VicRoads on 13 11 70.
Oil on road signs remain at the scene of the incident in case of any residual oil.
