By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A COUPLE has narrowly avoided serious injury after a tractor ploughed into their bedroom in a Lyndhurst residential estate early this morning.
The 34-year-old man and 41-year-old woman had been awoken by the 2009 John Deere tractor crashing through their front bedroom wall in Castawellan Street about 12.45am.
The pair were taken to Dandenong Hospital with minor injuries.
Two teenagers sleeping in the rear of the house were uninjured.
Ten hours later, the front of the tractor is still embedded, having rammed through the back of the bedroom wall.
Cranbourne police Senior Sergeant Paul Marshall said the couple was “extremely lucky to be alive” from the “horrific” incident.
“It could have had catastrophic consequences,” he said.
Police had not yet had contact with the tractor’s owner nor the driver and had yet to determine whether the vehicle was stolen, he said.
“This is incredibly serious and we need to talk to the driver of the tractor as soon as possible.”
He said it was assumed the tractor, attached to a trailer of flower seedlings, had come from a market garden.
“Looking at the scene and the damage caused, it’s highly unlikely the driver was in the cabin (when it crashed).
“It would have been a horrific experience (for the couple).”
Any information to Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au
