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'I was driving like an idiot': Man pleads guilty to Western Freeway truck crash

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David Watson pleaded guilty in the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on January 23, 2024, to multiple charges. The crash occurred on the Western Freeway near Gordon on October 7, 2022. Watson drove from his workplace in the Melbourne suburb of Hallam to Ararat, to help fix a prime mover truck. After making repairs to the vehicle, Watson began driving the unregistered truck back to Melbourne about 11.30am. Watson was just 100 metres away from the line of stationary vehicles when his attention returned to the road. He then failed to avoid the vehicles in front of him, and in the ensuing crash, two cars were heavily damaged, while a further three vehicles were also involved. Victims in both damaged cars were trapped for

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'I was driving like an idiot': Man pleads guilty to Western Freeway truck crash

Truck driver David Watson pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing injury on Western Freeway near Gordon, After multiple people were airlifted to hospital in 2022.

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The Courier broke the news in Ballarat City, Australia on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
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