A caravan-towing grey nomad has had a lucky escape after he was involved in a three-vehicle collision near Cooma in New South Wales.
The accident happened near a bridge on the Monaro highway. The 71-year-old driver of a four-wheel drive towing a caravan was being overtaken by a semi-trailer when a third vehicle, a sedan driven by an 88-year-old man from Sydney, attempted to overtake the semi-trailer.
The Cooma-Monaro Express reports that, with all three vehicles alongside each other, the semi-trailer driver braked heavily to allow the sedan to get past. The driver of the overtaking sedan reportedly overcorrected and lost control of his car and collided with the caravan, causing the caravan to jack-knife on the bridge.
The truck driver who managed to avoid the collision clipped the bridge in the incident. There was significant damage to the other two vehicles and caravan, which required towing from the scene.
Wow! Incredibly no-one was hurt in the accident but it must have been terrifying for all concerned.
