An out-of-control B-Double slams into a popular Glen Osmond Road restaurant , the Royal Show’s runaway steer returned to his home paddock, and the Power reserves to enter the SANFL as the Magpies from next season.
A FREWVILLE restaurant says it will trade for dinner service as usual, just hours after a semi-trailer ploughed into the business early Wednesday morning.
“Our builders are on to it … and the power should be back,” Singaore House part owner Naveen Irkulla said, adding that the restaurant would be open for dinner by Wednesday evening.
The runaway b-double truck, which was heading out of the city, crashed just before 1am.
It left the road and hit a parked van, a Stobie pole, gas meter and water hydrant before ploughing into the Singapore House restaurant.
The truck driver suffered minor injuries.
Damage to Singapore House restaurant after a semi-trailer lost control and ploughed into it. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
Glen Osmond Rd was initially closed to traffic in both directions between Fullarton Rd and the South Eastern Freeway but the two citybound lanes are now open, though with a 25km/h speed limit. The Freeway-bound lanes are still closed.
City bound traffic is slowly passing the crash scene and banked up Glen Osmond Rd.
Traffic controllers hope to have outbound lanes of Glen Osmond Rd opened by the afternoon’s peak, once the clean up is complete.
Debris was strewed for more than 50m outside the restaurant this morning as crews repaired power lines and cleared a tree and rubble from the front of the business.
DETERMINED: Singapore House head chef Montie Waraich and manager and partner Hailey Moldrich. Picture: Mark Brake
Singapore House part owner Naveen Irkulla said damage was limited to the entrance and an outdoor smoking area.
“Our builders are on to it … and the power should be back,” he said.
Mr Irkulla said those with dinner bookings at the popular restaurant would not have to cancel.
He said arrived at the scene about 2am and could hardly believe the sight.
BUSINESS AS USUAL: Singapore House customers Bianca DeBlasio, Viviane De Battista, waiter Shoyab Ali, Asimina Palasis and Elena O’Toole were undaunted by the incident. Picture: Mark Brake
“We thought it (the truck) had gone right into the restaurant … it was too dark at 2am this morning and we couldn’t see anything,” he said.
“The damage is what you can see from outside … everything is intact inside. We are very glad that it’s not worse, it could have been far worse than this.
“It’s one of those things we can’t really predict.”
Eastern Adelaide Traffic Senior Sergeant Cindy Healey said it was too early to say if the driver would face charges.
Workers repair damage outside the Singapore House restaurant.
She could not say how fast the truck was travelling when it crashed or if its brakes had failed.
“It’s very early in the investigation, we are still gathering all the evidence and we will go from there,” Snr-Sgt Healey said.
She said it was fortunate the crash occurred at a time when there was minimal road and foot traffic.
“We are very lucky that there was no one in the van at the time and the (truck) driver is very lucky to have the minor injuries that he has,” she said.
Damage where a truck ploughed into the Singapore House restaurant on Glen Osmond Rd. Picture: Ben Hyde
Police have seized CCTV footage of the crash from a nearby business to assist with their investigation.
Jill Harvey, who runs the Sands Motel across the road from Singapore House, said she was rocked from her sleep when the crash happened about 1am.
“It was like thunder … just bang, a massive, massive noise,” she said.
“We couldn’t work out where the truck was coming from.”
Ms Harvey said it was very fortunate no one was seriously injured, or worse.
“How has he (the truck driver) walked away?” she said.
“It’s just amazing how it all happened.”
Arnold and Robyn Buck were staying at the Princes Hotel in a room directly behind where the truck crashed into Singapore House.
“It was one tremendous bang, it was like an earthquake,” Mr Buck said.
Mrs Buck said there was plenty of commotion following the crash.
“Sparks seemed to go everywhere and I looked out the window and saw a lot of people around,” she said.
“I thought we’d come all this way (from Wellington, New Zealand) for another earthquake.”
Unley Mayor Lachlan Clyne said Unley Council had met with the State Government in recent months to request b-double trucks be diverted from a section of Glen Osmond Rd between Greenhill Rd and Fullarton Rd.
Mr Clyne said this morning’s crash was outside that area, but that it highlighted the need to introduce the measure.
“In that street – what I guess we consider is our businesses district for that street – there is a concentration of cafes, restaurants and retail shopping,” he said.
“That accident that we saw today – if it had occurred in peak time or during working hours, it would have caused absolute carnage.”
Mr Clyne said the State Government was co-operating with council.
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