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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/crew-faces-probe-over-crash/2007/...

VICTORIA Police has been asked to investigate a dramatic crash in the
Domain Tunnel filmed by the Nine Network's A Current Affair after
suspicions were raised about the television crew's involvement.

The Nine Network could also face legal action from the truck driver
involved in the crash, who claims ACA reporter Martin King and his
driver contributed to the incident.

Transurban spokesman Jean Ker Walsh confirmed an internal
investigation was launched last month in response to concerns about
the ACA story, which aired on April 18. The matter was yesterday
referred to police.

A review of video footage from the tunnel is believed to have revealed
several irregularities surrounding the incident. Ms Ker Walsh said the
investigation had used toll information that provides data on vehicles
using CityLink, but this could not be disclosed for privacy reasons.

A Current Affair aired the story on "truck terror in a tunnel" a month
after two trucks were involved in a triple fatality in the Burnley
Tunnel.

King told viewers that the driver of ACA's silver four-wheel-drive,
Tasha, was "terrified of trucks and wants to show us how intimidating
and dangerous they can be".

The pair entered the right-hand lane of the tunnel with a 22-tonne
truck travelling behind them. As the truck neared the tunnel's exit,
it moved into the centre lane, colliding with a Mercedes E320 also
merging at the same time. The incident was filmed by a camera in the
back window of the ACA 4WD.

The driver of the truck, Sydneysider Simon Lingham, told The Sydney
Morning Herald: "In my belief Channel Nine were the ones that caused
the accident. They were all over the road and the only reason I
changed lanes was to avoid them."

Mr Lingham said he had noticed the ACA vehicle more than two
kilometres before it entered the tunnel, after it blocked his attempt
to overtake.

"I thought the driver in front was some clown on a mobile phone, who
was not paying attention. I tried to pass them on at least one
occasion before we entered the tunnel, but they actually sped up and
got in front of me," he said.

"They were driving erratically, constantly changing their speed
without using their brakes."

In the ACA segment, Tasha (who did not reveal her surname) claimed she
had not switched lanes because she was hemmed in by surrounding
traffic.

Mr Lingham disputed this and asked why the ACA 4WD had stayed in the
right-hand lane for the entire 1.6-kilometre tunnel journey. His
version of events was backed up by another driver in the tunnel at the
time, Kelvin Warburton, who was about 100 metres behind the collision.

"The 4WD with ACA was changing speed and definitely contributed to the
collision," he said. "It was totally irresponsible of Channel Nine and
they created a situation where a crash was almost inevitable."

The Sydney Morning Herald has learned that another vehicle driven by
an ACA producer and camera crew was also in the tunnel at the time of
the collision.

The role of the second car is unclear, but it is believed to have
taken additional footage of tunnel traffic and may have impeded
traffic flow.

The driver of the Mercedes involved in the collision, tyre importer
Ross Grant, said he had not seen any erratic driving before the crash.
"I didn't see anything particularly unusual. Mind you, I wasn't really
looking for it," he said.

Mr Grant said Mr Lingham had made no mention of the ACA 4WD's
behaviour when the two exchanged insurance details after the crash.

King yesterday defended the ACA story. He said their footage proved
his driver had entered the tunnel in the right-hand lane and remained
there for the length of the tunnel.

"I refute any inference that we were responsible for the accident =E2=80=

far as I'm concerned she drove safely, and responsibly and legally,"
King said.

Renowned for his combative style of journalism, King claims he
returned to the crash scene to ensure that no one was injured. But Mr
Lingham, Mr Warburton and Mr Grant all told The Sydney Morning Herald
they never saw or spoke with the ACA reporter immediately after the
collision.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said it was already investigating the
collision after receiving a DVD from ACA. She would not confirm
whether the police had received additional information from
Transurban.

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