By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A FLIPPED truck caused havoc on the Melba Highway just outside of Yarra Glen on Tuesday 6 September.
Shortly before 6am, a large truck travelling towards Yarra Glen flipped and spilled about 20 metres of bark onto the road and into Lilyponds Creek.
Senior Constable Grant Fereday from Lilydale Police said while the cause of the crash was unclear, the marks on the road showed what happened.
“The truck lost control of the trailer just before the bridge and jack-knifed,” he said.
“The truck and trailer then pinballed into both sides of the bridge and continued to skid on its side about 100 metres through the bridge and up the road.”
The bridge over the creek sustained some damage but engineers from VicRoads have said it was still safe to be used.
A large amount of the spilled bark landed into the creek and SC Fereday said Melbourne Water would come to the scene to assess the damage done to the creek.
VicRoads closed the Melba Highway between the Yarra Glen roundabout and the McIntyre Lane intersection from about 7am.
The driver of the truck sustained no injuries and SC Fereday said the crash could have been much worse.
“We are all very lucky there was no-one coming the other way when the truck flipped,” he said.
The road was expected to be re-opened mid-morning, after the bark scattered on the road had been cleaned up.
