Above: Nick, Alastair and Emma Morrison had their home wrecked and lives endangered when a car crashed through their house on Sunday night.
By Callan Date
A CRANBOURNE boy feared his dad was dead when a car crashed through the front bedroom of their house on Sunday night.
Alastair Morrison was lying in bed at his Courtenay Avenue house about 10pm when a Holden Commodore lost control and careered through his bedroom window.
The traumatic experience has rounded out a horror period for Mr Morrison and his two children, who lost their wife and mother, Vicki, to cancer only six weeks ago.
The crash trapped Mr Morrison inside his bedroom, with the force of the impact shaking the foundations of the house, and required his son to prise open the door and free him.
The family also had to spend a cold night in its car as the house was deemed too dangerous to remain in.
To make matters worse, 14-year-old Nick Morrison had nightmares about the crash throughout night.
“I thought my dad was dead ‘cause I heard him screaming and then he just stopped,” Nick said.
Mr Morrison said the crash had shaken the whole family and believes something desperately needed to be done to stop hoons driving up and down their street like it was a racetrack.
“They use this street like a drag strip and me and my wife always used to say it was only a matter of time before something would happen to us,” Mr Morrison said.
The Courtenay Drive resident of 16 years has called for speed humps or chicanes to be installed along the street to slow motorists down before someone is killed.
Although the family escaped injury, 12-year-old Emma was distressed by the crash and said speeding drivers made it nearly impossible to play in the front yard.
Casey councillor Steve Beardon said he was sick and tired of reckless driving behaviour in the back streets of Cranbourne.
“I’m absolutely disgusted with this sort of hoon behaviour,” he said.
Cr Beardon said he had ordered a traffic survey for Courtenay Avenue to record the number of cars using the busy street.
“From there we can get a report on the traffic and look to get something done about it,” he said.
Cranbourne Senior Sergeant Bruce Kitchen has also backed the call for speed humps to be installed to stop speeding motorists.
“A traffic engineer really has to go out there and have a look. It’s something that has to be researched,” he said.
Casey traffic manager Paul Hamilton said the council had developed a strategy that ranked local streets requiring speed humps and other traffic control methods.
“Traffic conditions in Courtenay Avenue will be assessed for consideration under the local traffic management strategy,” he said.
Mr Hamilton also encouraged residents to call the Casey hoon hotline on 1800 184 666 if they witnessed dangerous and unruly driving behaviour.
