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Driver trapped

25/04/2008

A DRIVER was trapped in her car for 30 minutes after a two-car collision in Harkaway yesterday (Wednesday).
Police said the Beaconsfield motorist was travelling south along Noack Road about 11am when it and a north-bound vehicle collided.
Local SES crews attended the scene and freed the trapped driver before ambulance officers transported her to The Alfred hospital with minor injuries.
The occupants of the second vehicle, an 87-year-old man and 84-year-old woman from Emerald, were taken to Dandenong Hospital for observation.

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