Police will target truck drivers driving dangerously or not observing speed limits on the Black Spur after two recent crashes, and complaints from the public.
THERE is growing concern about the safety of motorists on the Black Spur after two truck crashes in less than a month.
In both instances, Grocon contractors transporting bushfire waste, including asbestos, from the Marysville area lost control of the trucks and overturned.
Two fencing contractors and the truck driver were lucky to escape death when on 8 April a truck and trailer plowed off an embankment on the Fernshaw Reserve corner landing on a tractor driven by one of the men.
On Saturday 2 May about two kilometres out of Healesville, a truck driver escaped uninjured after he lost control of his truck on a bend and overturned dumping the load of rubble.
The highway was closed for several hours while the truck and trailer were retrieved and again later in the week while the area was cleared of the rubble.
Sgt Tony Van Gorp of Healesville Police said the truck driver indicated to police at the scene that he had swerved to avoid a motorbike travelling in the opposite direction in the centre of the road as he came around the bend.
Grocon had taken steps to address concerns with their drivers and organised a meeting to work through issues, said Grocon spokesperson Jane Wilson.
– Kath Gannaway
