burnley tunnel accident 2007
The March 2007 fatal crash and fire at Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Victoria was analysed , with recommendation by the coroner's court that a centrally administered database of tunnel incidents be created in that state. The accident started when a semi-trailer loaded with paper blew a … At least three trucks and four cars were involved in the incident. On March 23, 2007, a traffic accident involving both trucks and cars resulted in a fire in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Australia [ 24 , 25 ]. Around 240 people were registered and evacuated from the tunnel… Advertisement Transurban is to manage the Tunnel for 34 years and hand it over to the government in 2034. Three people are dead after an accident this morning in Melbourne's Burnley Tunnel. Vehicle numbers typically exceed 100 000 vehicles per day, per tube. Burnley Tunnel Fire - The Arup View 2 April 2007 Page 1 of 8 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\JOANNE.STALKER\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\OLK66\BURNLEY TUNNEL FIRE (WORD)(3).DOC ©Arup F0.13 Rev 9.2, 1 May 2003 Burnley Tunnel Fire - The Arup View The fire which followed a tragic road accident in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne on 23 March By Susan Westemeyer 25 March 2007. "The major incident in the Burnley Tunnel on Friday, March 23, 2007 (in which three people died), had a material impact on traffic volumes," Transurban said. While chaos reigns on Melbourne's roads, firefighters are putting fires out and removing stranded cars. ... was killed last Friday in a car accident in Melbourne's Burnley Tunnel. This forced the evacuation of motorists from the Burnley Tunnel. Three people died as a result of the incident. The crash resulted in multiple explosions and a subsequent fire. The Burnley Tunnel is one of a non-identical pair of tubes, three lanes wide, servicing Melbourne’s busiest toll road networks. A driver has had a lucky escape after his car rolled twice and was left a mangled wreck in a Melbourne tunnel. On Friday 23 March 2007 there was a multi-vehicle accident and subsequent fire in CityLink's Burnley Tunnel. On 23 March 2007 just before 10am, three trucks and four cars collided in the Burnley Tunnel. Introduction On 23 March, 2007, an incident occurred in the Burnley Tunnel, Melbourne, Australia. He will serve a minimum of two years and nine months' jail over the crash on March 23, 2007. The tunnel, which is Five years' jail for Burnley Tunnel crash trucker. A 43-year-old man lost control of the vehicle about 11.20pm on Thursday and it rolled twice before coming to a stop on its roof in the Burnley Tunnel at Southbank. The Domain Tunnel was closed and any drivers in the Domain Tunnel at the time drove out normally.