By Alesha Capone
Tarneit residents are calling for an intersection to be upgraded after a fatal crash earlier this month.
On June 16, two vehicles collided near the intersection of Boundary and Davis roads.
The occupants of one of the vehicles, a male driver aged 40 and three female passengers aged 71, 37 and five, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, but the 71-year-old woman later died in hospital.
The driver of the second car, a 68-year-old man, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
After Star Weekly posted news of the collision on social media, several people responded to the article.
Bronwyn said she was in her front yard when the collision occurred and she heard sirens as emergency vehicles arrived.
“That intersection needs a stop sign on the Wyndham side or a small roundabout – just something ’till the area is developed,” she said on Facebook. “Every few weeks a horrific crash happens”.
Another resident, Jody, wrote that some drivers didn’t obey the existing road signs at the intersection.
“I live up on the next intersection on Boundary Road,” she said.
“The number of people I see drive through these intersections – above the speed limit without even looking – is a daily occurrence, to the point I drive the Dowlings Road goat track up to the bypass to get to and from work out the back of Laverton.”
Angela wrote that both Boundary and Tarneit roads were in danger of becoming the area’s “next death traps”, while Sue commented: “Very sad that people die on these roads so often, yet no extra care is taken by drivers and the roads are not being upgraded.”
Star Weekly asked Wyndham council if it was planning to upgrade the intersection. Economy, innovation and liveability acting director Steve Bentley, said: “It would be inappropriate to comment … prior to receiving the coroner’s report, however Wyndham City regularly audits roads and intersections for safety and this intersection is part of that.”
