Members statements
Gippsland Centre
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (15:45): Yesterday in Sale we had a very disturbing incident where a utility was driven through one entrance of the Gippsland Centre shopping centre and out the other. This occurred just after 3:30, when schoolchildren had just left school. They are often in the centre, and that no-one was injured or worse was somewhat of a miracle. Thanks to the first responders, who were on the scene quickly to assist but thankfully not required to treat any members of the public. We do not know what caused the incident, but it is not an easy thing to smash through the doors and then drive through the centre and out the other side, so it is unlikely it was accidental. One can only wonder what motivated this action, and I hope the perpetrator is caught and suffers the full consequences of what could easily have been a fatal incident.