By JESSE GRAHAM
A DIXONS Creek couple is searching for answers after being “left for dead”, when their car was side-swiped on a hairpin corner just out of Yarra Glen.
At 6.35pm on Friday, 29 April, Karen Fossey was driving towards Christmas Hills on Yarra Glen-Eltham Road, when she came around a hairpin corner, just past Mount Wise Road.
Her husband, Ian Fossey, said their car was hit by another coming down the hill, after it failed to negotiate the corner in the wet.
Mr Fossey, who was not in the car at the time of the crash, said the other car side-swiped his wife’s car, causing extensive damage to the driver’s side door, panels and wheel, before driving away.
Mrs Fosssey’s car was spun around on the road, and she managed to pull the car over, despite the damage, and called her husband and the police.
“She pulled around the corner, and she couldn’t go any further, and she just saw tail lights going off in the distance,” he said.
He arrived shortly afterwards, followed by Healesville Police officers – they made statements, and contacted their insurance company, but the other car disappeared.
Speaking to the Mail on Monday, 2 May, Mr Fossey said he hoped someone had spotted the car – believed to be white and extensively damaged on the driver’s side – or that the driver would hand themselves in.
“We don’t care so much about the car, it’s someone just driving off – they don’t know the circumstances,” he said.
“My kids could have been in the back.
“It’s just so annoying that someone could leave someone for dead, basically.”
He said that he drove around Yarra Glen looking for the car, but found nothing.
Yarra Glen Police Sergeant, Richard Coulson, said the crash had a “significant impact” on the Fosseys’ car, and that police were looking for people with information to come forward.
“The (other) vehicle would have sustained fairly significant damage,” Sgt Coulson said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to submit a confidential crime report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
