Driver trapped after crash

By Monique Preston

Oct 31, 2024

A man was injured in a single-vehicle crash at Orrvale on Thursday. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

A man has been taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Orrvale on Thursday, October 31.

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Shepparton Highway Patrol Leading Senior Constable Murray Moser said the crash happened about 2.10pm on Prentice Rd.

The car the man was driving left the opposite side of the road, hit the strainer wire of a power pole and flipped, Leading Sen Constable Moser said.

The driver and only occupant of the car, a 75-year-old man from the Shepparton area, was trapped in the car after the crash.

Shepparton Search and Rescue and firefighters helped to get him out of the car before he was taken to Goulburn Valley Health by ambulance in a stable condition with upper body injuries.

Prentice Rd was closed for about an hour after the crash.

By Monique Preston

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