By KATH GANNWAY
AN 81-YEAR-OLD Yarra Glen woman has survived an astounding crash on the Yarra Glen-Healesville Road at Tarrawarra around 3.45pm on Friday.
The woman lost control of the vehicle on a bend, went over the embankment, taking out a huge tree stump on the way through, before hitting a lamp post and bouncing back against a fence.
The woman was still conscious as SES volunteers and paramedics removed her from the car and, with the help of CFA volunteers, stretchered her up the steep embankment to an ambulance.
Leading Senior Constable Graham Ruse of Yarra Ranges Traffic Control said the car did a full 360 degree spin as it left the road.
Leading Sen Const Rust said Healesville police were investigating the crash and would be including the age of the woman as a possible contributing factor in trying to establish the circumstances.
“There could be any number of reasons in a situation where you have the driver going down a hill into a left-hand bend, hit the brakes, and unless you have traction control and can drive through with the braking, the force is going to push you straight ahead, and in this case, off the edge,” he said.
The woman was taken to Maroondah Hospital.
