Woman in her 80s hospitalised after head-on crash in Delacombe
A sedan and SUV collided head-on at Glenelg Highway and Cherry Flat Road on Friday afternoon.
Emergency services attended a two-car crash at the intersection of Glenelg Highway and Cherry Flat Road in Delacombe on Friday just after 1.25pm. A sedan and SUV hit each other head-on, with the sedan ending up on a pedestrian handrail in the middle of the lanes.
An elderly woman in her 80s was treated by Advanced Life Support paramedics at the scene. The woman was taken by road ambulance to Ballarat Hospital in stable condition with an upper body injury.
A second person was also assessed. Traffic heading south through the intersection was diverted while the vehicles were cleared.
- 80s
- Woman's age
- 1.25pm
- Time of crash
- October 16
- Date
- Ballarat Hospital
- Hospital
Why it mattersHead-on crashes carry serious injury risk; this incident disrupted traffic on a main route through the region.
AustraliaThe crash affected south-bound traffic flow on a busy Ballarat highway; the woman is recovering at a local hospital.
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