B-double trailer falls through road at Stawell

A truck driver neglected to put timbers beneath the feet of his truck’s trailer causing the B-double to fall through a patch of bitumen on the Western Highway at Stawell.

Manager of the truck’s company Andrew Caulfield said the B-double had a turbo failure at 3.30am and was taken to a workshop for repairs.

A crane was on scene at the corner of Griffith Street and the Western Highway to pull the front trailer out about 9am.

A replacement truck then followed to recover the trailers. 

Earlier: 9.25am

The legs of a B-double trailer have sunken through a patch of bitumen on the Western Highway at Stawell. 

A crane is on scene at the corner of Griffith Street and the Western Highway to try and pull the trailer out. 

A resident who lives nearby Lynn Pitcher said her husband left at 7am to purchase the newspaper and when he came back 30 minutes later, the trailer had fallen through the road. 

“There are a lot of places you can’t take a B-double, so if the driver has gone somewhere within Stawell he has got to leave it behind, there is nothing else he can do,” she said. 

“It’s just a soft bit of bitumen there and there is a water main underneath there as well.

“It’s going to make a bit of a mess of the road.”

Drivers should take care if travelling through the area.