Truck runs car off Hume Freeway as driver takes off jumper
A truck driver will be charged with careless driving after losing control of a B-double on the Hume Freeway while trying to take off his jumper.
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He was travelling in the left lane at Wangaratta South at 9.45am Sunday and started to veer right, forcing the four-wheel-drive in the right lane to swerve to avoid impact. Both vehicles ended up on the median strip.
“It was only a matter of 15 metres and they would have been in 15 Mile Creek – it was a lucky escape,” Leading Senior Constable Jo Miller said.
