IT WAS a busy Easter period for our local emergency service providers. Around midday on Good Friday, police responded to a collision on Mansfield-Woods Point Road in Kevington — the result of a drink driver. Ambulance Victoria was also in attendance at the April 18 crash which happened just after midday, later confirming no emergency transport was provided. A P-plater rolled his car on Sappers Track in Jamieson on the Sunday morning, later returning a positive Evidentiary Breath Test. Although there were no serious injuries recorded, police said both incidents serve as an important reminder that every decision behind the wheel can have serious consequences. As part of a statewide blitz addressing road safety, police from Mansfield and Jamieson joined forces to conduct a roadside breath testing site on High Street on the Good Friday as part of Operation Compass. Operation Compass was a statewide road policing initiative that ran throughout the April school holidays, including both the Easter and ANZAC Day long weekends. A total of 350 Preliminary Breath Tests (PBTs) were conducted in Mansfield on the Friday with one driver returning a positive reading – over twice the legal limit. Roslyn Fauvel unit controller Mansfield SES said local crews were also kept occupied over the Easter long weekend with many giving up their own celebrations and time with the family to help those in need. “SES was called to the road crash rescue on Mansfield-Woods Point Road and we assisted Ambulance Victoria with injured people in two different remote locations,” Ms Fauvel said. “Being remote locations, crews had to travel more than two hours to get to each incident.”
