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Article: Vic: Driver who nearly killed 1,800 loses licence
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 8, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-08-2004
Vic: Driver who nearly killed 1,800 loses licence
A gas tanker driver who narrowly avoided killing 1,800 people when his speeding truck
crashed, has been banned from driving for a year.
Thirty-four-year-old JAMIE GUNDRY lost control of a tanker carrying 43,000 litres of
Liquefied Petroleum Gas while speeding in suburban Flemington last June.
After exiting the CityLink tollway at 100 kilometres an hour in a 60 zone, GUNDRY careered
across Racecourse Road into a tree.
He missed a high-voltage fuse box by just 10 metres.
Prosecutor Senior ...