2010 Curragh Roll Over
31/08/2010 -
Curragh -
Vehicle /
Roll over
WITNESSES to a fatality at Westfarmers Curragh Mine said they saw a four-wheel drive skid on a stretch of unsealed haul road which may have just been dampened by a water truck.
The crash claimed the life of James Brunswick, a 55-year-old contractor from Woombye on Tuesday.
Witness statements to police investigating the fatality on ramp 16 at the mine described the Toyota troop carrier beginning a rear skid on a stretch of unsealed haul road.
It is believed a water truck had just dampened down that section of road.
The vehicle lost traction and slid sideways before it overbalanced and rolled as it hit a drier section of dirt.
It was due to a number of causal factors:
- Uneven wear on tyres / not same tyres on front and back
- Wet/dry interface
- Jim wasn’t wearing seatbelt. All others in the car were, and they survived.
This accident claimed the life of James Brunswick