Police have charged a Fitzroy man following a two-vehicle collision on Boundary Road in Derrimut last Wednesday. The crash happened about 12.45pm when the Ford Escape and a truck struck head-on. The car driver, a 51-year-old Derrimut woman, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with life-threatening injuries after being trapped in the vehicle for about 40 minutes. The 49-year-old truck driver, Wirihana Tatana, of Fitzroy, was charged on Wednesday night over the collision and was refused bail by an after-hours magistrate. Tatana faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday morning on charges of dangerous driving causing serious injury, possessing a drug of dependence and driving while his licence was suspended. … Tara Murray
