By Luke Voogt
A car rolled twice on the Geelong Ring Road at 6.15am Tuesday, hitting another car, and trapping its 65-year-old female driver.
Emergency crews worked for about an hour to free the woman before an ambulance took her took her to Geelong Hospital in a serious condition.
Highway Patrol Leading Senior Constable Shane Dignan said the Herne Hill driver lost control of her car while attempting to avoid a collision.
The woman was travelling in the right-hand lane at the Anakie Road on-ramp when another car merged from the left, he said.
Leading Sen Const Dignan said the woman braked and swerved to avoid a collision.
“In doing so she’s lost control of the car and rolled.”
The rolling car collided with another car travelling in the left lane behind the merging car, Leading Sen Const Dignan said
“He watched the whole thing unfold in front of him.
“The next thing he knows he’s got this rolling car in front of him, which he’s hit. He had a very close up view and it wrecked his car.”
Leading Sen Const Dignan said the woman suffered upper-body injuries and was recovering in hospital. No-one else required treatment.
Geelong Highway Patrol confirmed that all three drivers stopped following the crash. Police continued their investigation throughout the day.
