A truck has rolled over on the identical street the place a truck and a college bus collided west of Melbourne on Tuesday, injuring 18 youngsters and the bus driver.
Firefighters and paramedics rushed to Exford Highway in Eynesbury simply after 10am immediately after a truck rolled onto its facet, leaving the motive force with minor accidents.
The crash occurred by the intersection of Exford and Greigs roads, which is 2.4 kilometres down the street from the place a horror collision occurred on the intersection of Exford and Murphys roads about 3.40pm on Tuesday.
Seven youngsters stay within the Royal Kids's Hospital in Melbourne with life-changing accidents.
The varsity bus rolled when it was allegedly hit from behind by a truck whereas 45 youngsters have been on board.
The truck driver, Jamie Gleeson, has been charged with 4 counts of harmful driving inflicting critical damage over the crash.
Gleeson has informed police he was accelerating out of a 60km/h zone outdoors Exford Major Faculty when he observed flashes of daylight coming by means of the bushes.
He mentioned he hit the brakes after seeing the brake lights on the bus in entrance of him, however he did not have sufficient time to cease earlier than hitting the rear of the bus.
Native residents have since mentioned they're horrified however not shocked a collision like this occurred on Exford Highway.
The velocity zone out the entrance of Exford Major Faculty is 60km/h, however shortly goes as much as 100km/h.
Earlier this week one native mentioned velocity was typically a difficulty on the street.
"You actually need to decelerate," she mentioned.
"You've got folks dropping off their children, coming out and in of college.
"One thing must be carried out."
At the moment's truck rollover occurred about 1.6km west from Exford Major Faculty.
Tuesday's crash was about 900m east of the varsity.
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