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Yesterday Nine News reported that an accident in the Eastlink Tunnel in Ringwood caused traffic chaos. Just one problem....

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Yesterday’s Nine News at Five reported that an accident in the Eastlink Tunnel in Ringwood, east of Melbourne, caused traffic chaos.

“A utility carrying toxic materials crashed into a car and burst into flames,” said Peter Overton.

“Motorists jumped from their cars as smoke filled the air activating emergency sprinklers.”

Just one problem.

It was a mock exercise to train emergency workers. The tunnel had been closed by authorities for half a day. Camera crews were on hand to capture the scene.

At least Nine News Melbourne and Seven News Melbourne gave out the correct info at 6pm.

NINE NEWS AT FIVE

NINE NEWS MELBOURNE

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  1. I like the comment suggesting Seven and Nine should move their headquarters from Sydney to Melbourne. I mean, why have your HQ in the media capital of the country? It just doesn’t make sense really! 😛

    Thanks for the laugh…

  2. Overton’s clarification was seven minutes later, and he said: “A few moments ago we brought you a story about a collision in the Melba Tunnel in Melbourne. We just want to remind you and make it clear it was a mock drill. It was an exercise involving emergency services”. Eh? Remind us? Cheeky use of words…

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