A truck, carrying two cars, smashed into a childcare centre in Melbourne on Thursday morning.
The childcare centre and police confirmed that no children were present in the playground where truck smashed and thus there were no injuries, reports.
UPDATE: Video just in from the news chopper. A truck has crashed into a childcare centre in Ferntree Gully. No serious injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/tHHA3yIpc8 — 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) April 6, 2017
The truck driver, identified as Gary Singh by , had loaded two cars onto this trailer and was about to load the third one, when it moved on its own crashing into an electricity pole first and then into the Ferntree Gully childcare centre on Burwood Highway in Melbourne.
The owner of the truck, Brent Barber spoke to and said he had spoken to the driver who was shaken up by the incident.
“He said to me: ‘Boss, I put two cars on, went to get the third car, and when he came back it was on its way,” Mr Barber was quoted as saying.
Mr Singh was a ‘very good operator’, Mr Barber said.
Maroondah Highway patrol Sergeant Simon Coverley said the cars were being loaded at the Hyundai dealership, few meters away from the childcare centre.
The police said the driver told them that he didn’t think he had put the handbrake on.
“Everyone needs to be very careful of what they do with their motor vehicles — make sure the handbrake is on, and if you park on a hill, make sure (the vehicle is) secured and the wheels turned in to the gutter,” Sgt Coverley .
Authorities are investigating.
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