Police: slow down

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Police: slow down

A DOUBLE three-car incident near Ruby last Thursday has prompted police to reiterate the message that drivers need to slow down near emergency vehicles with lights flashing.
Motorists are still not heading the message, after police, standing without protection on roads, reported cars travelling at about double the legal limit of 40km/h that applies to when police vehicles are parked with emergency lights flashing.
The first minor incident involved three cars and occurred shortly before 3pm on the South Gippsland Highway at Ruby, between Potters and Bellingham roads.
Inverloch Police said painting equipment fell from the back of a ute, causing a following vehicle to stop.
A vehicle collided with the rear of the vehicle that stopped and then a third vehicle collided with the second vehicle. No one was injured.
A Buffalo woman in her twenties received a penalty notice for failing to secure her load.
A second three car incident then occurred in the same vicinity.
With traffic slowing and bottle necks created, police believe a car then rear-ended another, in turn causing minor damage to a third car in front.
According to police, a female driver from Leongatha, driving a grey Volkswagen Golf allegedly rear-ended a Foster couple, driving a white Subaru Outback. The Subaru then caused minor damage to a Korumburra woman’s white Toyota Prius.
The Foster couple was taken to Leongatha Hospital for observation while the Korumburra woman did not sustain major injuries and subsequently drove away.
On-scene, Sergeant Steve Regnier of Mirboo North Police said, “People need to pay more attention, especially around accident scenes. Our officers are vulnerable when directing traffic, standing in the middle of the road without protection.”

The cleanup: the airbags on this car were activated in a crash at Ruby last Thursday, with the front sustaining a serious crumple. Cleaners mopped up the aftermath.

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