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A female truck driver has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital after her vehicle rolled over on the M80 Ring Road ramp onto the Princes Freeway in Melbourne’s west just before 7:30 am on Saturday. Multiple freeway routes remain closed, with significant delays expected to continue throughout the morning.
A sixty-one-year-old truck driver has been rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital after her vehicle rolled over on a freeway overpass in Laverton North, causing major traffic disruption across multiple routes this morning.
Fire Rescue Victoria crews extricated the female driver, who was trapped inside her cabin following the rollover on the M80 Ring Road ramp onto the Princes Freeway. The crash occurred just before 7:30am on Saturday.
Ambulance Victoria confirmed Advanced Life Support paramedics treated the driver at the scene before transporting her to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Overhead footage of the incident shows what appears to be white sheeting, believed to be plasterboard, scattered across the Princes Freeway below the ramp, along with freeway railings.
Victoria’s transport department confirmed all city-bound lanes of the Princes Freeway onto the West Gate Freeway and Geelong Road are closed. The ramp from the M80 Ring Road Altona-bound onto the Princes Freeway is also closed.
Police, firefighters and members of the public were all on scene assisting emergency services as crews worked to clear the debris and reopen the freeway.
Motorists are urged to avoid the area and allow significant extra travel time, with delays expected to continue throughout the morning.
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