County Court Judge Rosemary Carlin said the chain of events that day would have been hard to believe had they not happened.
Sitting at a busy Melbourne intersection, Tony Page noticed the passenger side mirror he had pushed in a few days earlier was still facing the wrong direction.
Page, 70, told police he knew the traffic lights at the Hoddle Street intersection in Collingwood would take a while to change, so he put down the window and leaned across to fix the mirror.Page panicked and accelerated twice when he thought he was trying to brake. But Williams didn’t see Page’s car coming. He had waited until the pedestrian light turned green and looked over his shoulder to check if cars were turning into the street he was crossing.He suffered a number of fractures and died at the scene.
Williams was a retired businessman who served as a director of the Alfred Foundation and chairman of Foodbank Victoria.His daughter said footage from before the crash showed him in a jolly mood, clearly enjoying exploring the area he had recently moved to.Page’s life had also changed since the crash, the judge said.
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