Peter Bannan
AN ELDERLY man has been rushed to hospital with neck injuries after his car collided with a prime mover on the Murray Valley Highway yesterday.
The 75-year-old Koondrook man and his wife were travelling towards Swan Hill when the truck driver allegedly failed to give way while crossing the highway at the intersection of Benjeroop-Tresco Road.
The man’s wife, also in her 70s, was taken to Swan Hill hospital with a suspected broken bone in her shoulder. The truck driver escaped with a laceration to his thumb.
A section of the Murray Valley Highway was closed for more than an hour from 9.30am and traffic was diverted as emergency services cleaned up the scene.
For more on this, pick up a copy of Friday’s Guardian (January 30).
