VIC:Vic police minister in car crash

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-2010
VIC:Vic police minister in car crash

Mr Cameron will be in parliament later on Tuesday for question time, despite his accident.

Victorian Premier John Brumby said he had spoken to the minister and he was deeply
sorry for his actions.

"He's had an accident, I think we're all very grateful that there have been no serious
injuries," Mr Brumby told reporters.

"He didn't see a car, it's an accident that people can make. He wasn't speeding, he
wasn't drinking, he wasn't doing any of those things and he is terribly, terribly sorry
for what's occurred."

The premier said Mr Cameron was breath tested and returned a negative reading.

He was driving from his home in Bendigo to the central Victorian town of Malmsbury
to meet his ministerial car when the accident happened.

The airbags in Mr Cameron's car deployed but not in the other vehicle because it was
hit on the side.

The woman driver was later released from hospital, a Bendigo Hospital spokeswoman said.

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