C15A hits pedestrians in Melbourne ANZAC Day march

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Douglas Greville

Speaking of coercion, I have had the same issue, twice in fact. They regard me as a right b*stard for saying no - so be it!
If they are that keen to have a tank/armoured car/truck/jeep then they can get off their b*ms and restore one themselves.

As you say, the coercion gets quite intense and speaking from personal experience can be from some surprisingly influential people at times.

Doug

Believe it or not, but many people in the crowd on anzac day, think the restored vehicles belong to the army , and some of the crowd actaully believes the vehicles are current army and therefore are open to the public to scrutinize etc.. after all, the crowd believe it's our money that paid for them .

I took the command car in one year ... it was on dodgy plates ( no pun intended ) and in those days I looked like a hippy . The cops let me go but the looks from the boys in blue were intense and nasty . Never again I thought .

here's an update on the accident http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

[Euan McDonald]

more updates.
http://abc.gov.au/news/stories/2010/....htm?site=news

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ajj...Terrible news.

About a year ago there was a similar accident here in Holland:

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...light=accident


Alex

[motto (RIP)]

Alex.
The date on that accident report is 2007 so all resulting findings should be known. Did injured recover ok? How did the collision occur? Was any action taken against people involved?
I,m sure everyone would like to know the outcome.
David

[motto (RIP)]

A photo has been released that was supposedly taken by an onlooker immediately before the Blitz surged forward into the marchers on ANZAC Day. In the photo the driver of the truck can be seen holding a camera up with both hands. This has caused a bit of a flurry here in the media but proves nothing as it is a still picture and the vehicle may have been stationary at the time. Police are still investigating the incident. Driver is assisting with their inquiries.
One of the injured remains in hospital and two are in rehabilitation.
David

[Local Chap]

This was on tonight's news as the case has finally been through the courts.

Driver fined $4500 and disqualified from driving for 18 mths. Avoided jail by his extreme contrition and support given by members of the Ceylon ex-Servicemen's Assoc, with whom he still stays in contact. All those injured have recovered with no long term injuries.

[Mike K]

I spotted it as well on TV . Feel sorry for the chap involved as he is a very nice guy and it could have been so much worse.

Around any machinery we all have to be extra carefull. Some of us have had close calls while restoring vehicles and even at work . I've had cutting discs fly apart ( the ones you buy at the warehouse ).

Many years ago, I pulled into a petrol station in my restored WW2 Jeep, filled up , went inside to pay . As I walked out, my Jeep was rolling across the court towards a busy road. I ran after it , jumped in and saved the day . 10 seconds later and it would have been disaster time.

I had a c15 wireless van . Trying to move it , we pointed its nose downhill and it took off .. Off it went into a creek, at high speed ! The front springs sheared off , a clean break.

Be carefull .