Mourners have left flowers and toys in a tribute to Logan Harris who was hit by a car and killed last Thursday.By Sarah Schwager
THE tragic death of a six-year-old girl has rocked the tiny coastal village of Blind Bight.
This week mourners flocked to the site where little Logan Harris died about 6.30pm last Thursday after she was hit by one or possibly several cars outside her Warneet Road home.
In a shocking twist, the family, including parents Kelly and Troy Harris and brother Baiden, 9, were set to move to Cranbourne the next day to escape the busy stretch of road.
Neighbours were still struggling to come to terms with the loss of Logan this week and said she never strayed from the front gate.
Counsellors were at Devon Meadows Primary School, where Logan was in grade one, on Friday to help students and staff deal with the tragedy.
The Devon Meadows Junior Football Club wore black armbands and observed a minute’s silence on Sunday. Mr Harris coaches the under-10 team in which Baiden plays.
Blind Bight residents have appealed for Casey Council to improve the safety of Warneet Road following the incident.
Logan is the third person to die on the road since 1987. Another six people have been seriously injured.
Blind Bight’s Andrea Brown has started a petition asking Council to improve safety with barricades, speed humps, a proper footpath, better street lighting and a further reduction in the speed limits.
“I’ve had people overtake me where Logan was killed – in a 60 zone,” she said.
“It’s also pitch black. You’ve got to run across the road and hope the cars see you.”
The Harris’s next door neighbour Ann, who did not want her surname to be published, remembered Logan as a sweet, well-behaved girl who never went out on the road.
“She was a beautiful girl. She liked netball and riding her bike. She was very close to her older brother,” she said.
“I really can’t understand how it happened.
“They were the best family you could ever meet. They were so strict with those kids. They never let them out of the gate.”
Ann, who lost her son 10 years ago when he was 16, said she had decided to move from Blind Bight and busy Warneet Road.
“I can’t look out of the window without remembering,” she said.
Another nearby neighbour Lisa Brown said she rushed to the scene where Logan died just a door down from her home.
“I ran over with a lantern,” she said.
“Straight away I saw her little red gumboots peeping out from under the blankets.
“They were doing CPR but I could tell she wasn’t there anymore.”
She said after the ambulance arrived the officer started beating his fists against the side of the ambulance, possibly breaking his hand.
“I can’t stop thinking about it. She was so beautiful.”
Casey councillor and acquaintance of the family Colin Butler said even though speed was not a factor in this case, people needed to slow down and be more wary on Warneet Road.
“It was just a tragic accident,” Cr Butler said.
A 32-year-old local man was interviewed last Friday but released pending further investigation.
The man was believed to have collided with the girl and left the scene but returned shortly after.
Police are currently investigating a number of factors which led to the girl being on the road. No charges have been laid.
