A man is in a critical condition in The Canberra Hospital following a single vehicle collision in Macgregor early this morning (Sunday, January 20).
Around 12.45am, a white Mitsubishi Triton rolled onto its side after the driver lost control at the intersection of Cannan Crescent and Constance Stone Street in Macgregor.
A 22-year-old Higgins man, who was a passenger in the Mitsubishi Triton, was taken to The Canberra Hospital after sustaining serious head injuries. He remains in a critical condition.
The driver, a 22-year-old Macgregor man, was not injured.
ACT Policing’s Collision, Investigation and Reconstruction Team are investigating the cause of the collision.
Anyone who witnessed the single vehicle collision in Macgregor early this morning, and can assist police with their investigation is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via www.act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously.
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Postalgeek said :
Or just as easily have a gathering there.
Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :
frankie uses the term ‘gather’, you construe that to be ‘hanging out’. ‘Gather’ is not synonymous with ‘hanging out’ and frankie’s usage appears to me to be consistent with his subsequent post: people can gather to a spot to place flowers, and leave.
Postalgeek said :
RE:post 30
Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :
I guess that’s up to you to answer as you’ve introduced ‘hanging out’ into the conversation.
frankie said :
Oh. I guess putting flowers there and leaving is completely different to hanging out. Which is it?
frankie said :
Are the flowers in a Jim Beam/Jack Daniels bottle such as placed at other ACT accident sites where high speed has contributed to fatalities?
Jethro said :
I guess only the driver and eye witnesses will know the answer to that. I drive through that same roundabout every night, and being able to see the curb on the other side as well as the surrounding sidewalks might not have prevented the accident, but it would definitely help avoid future driving miscalculations.
Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :
No, I am not lying. I’ve seen people standing on the road putting flowers at the site during the day, as I live near that intersection.
Wait a minute, friends and family are hanging around at the crash site???? Wtf is wrong with bogans? We have cemeteries and crematoriums for a reason. I know you must be overwhelmed with grief but hanging out in the middle of the road, endangering yourselves and others drivers is totally dumb.
I apologise if this is not the case and post 30 is lieing.
Clearly this single vehicle crash that occurred at high speed in the middle of the night at the hands of a drunk driver wouldn’t have have happened if the bushes were trimmed.
Martlark said :
Disagree, especially with the smaller roundabouts such as this one. The accident happened at night, and you can’t see headlights coming in from Constance Stone if you are driving in from Cannan Crescent. And no disrespect to the friends and family affected by the tragedy, but all the loved ones and onlookers who gather daily at the mini-funeral on the roadside can’t be seen because of the bushes, endangering even more lives.
The only thing that stops me from going there with my machete is not knowing whether the council will fine me or not!
LSWCHP said :
Fixed it for you.
Spykler said :
Not too sure about that I zot around those all the time in my landy with out any fear of it tipping over I think you would still need a lot more pace then one would normally have just going down the road excessive speed comes to mind but that seems to go hand in hand with being pissed
LSWCHP said :
Lets keep the plod out of your bedroom and the church out of parliament.
Pork Hunt said :
I see what you did there Porker. 🙂 People over 50 engaging in perversion that the Pope wouldn’t approve of because it won’t result in reproduction? Send in the SWAT teams!
rosscoact said :
Would that blinking number be effing flashing?
LSWCHP said “We both blow after going to parties and other gigs, and it’s not uncommon….”
Too much information mate 🙂
460cixy said :
A top heavy Triton wouldn’t have required much extra to get it to topple. I am amazed this sort of accident hasn’t happened at the roundabout at the other end of Constance Stone.
It’s actually pretty simple. if you’re going to drive stick to 2 drinks or less. That’s what I do.
rosscoact said :
My wife and I have done the same. We both blow after going to parties and other gigs, and it’s not uncommon for the non-driver of us to be surprised by a 0.15 or above after an evening of steady tippling. It’s certainly good to be able to correlate how you feel with the reading on the device.
I bought a personal breathalyser a while ago.
It wakes up the self-delusional when you see the blinking number in front of you
So so sad for the families involved, but lets be realistic, you have to be a complete moron to either drink drive or to be a passenger of a drink driver. When the hell will peeps learn? How many unnecessary deaths does it take?