A SMASHED car has been lodged in the fence of a Chambers Flat Road property since a crash nearly two weeks ago.
Residents Tony and Janelle O’Brien said police and council each said they were not responsible for removing the car, which was involved in a two-vehicle crash on February 15.
It was only on Tuesday, February 27, the O’Brien’s met owner Verna Dowling when she went to take items out of the car.
The car damaged the O’Brien’s fence, forcing them to lock up their dogs to keep them from escaping.
Mr O’Brien said it was a hazard for people driving out of their property, from where they also run a business.
“A lot of our customers are elderly and they are frightened to drive out of the driveway,” Mr O’Brien said.
“We worry that someone can get through where the fence is damaged and come onto our property.
“I have also chased away a few people who I have seen at the car.”
About two weeks before the crash, another smashed car had been left on the footpath.
Mr O’Brien said council told him it was police responsibility to have it moved.
He said that after the recent crash police said they had no control over a car that was on council land but council told him it was a police matter.
The speed limit on the stretch of road where the O’Brien’s have lived for 30 years is 60km/h but the couple said crashes on the bend were frequent.
“We moved our bedroom to the back of the house because of the crashes,” Mrs O’Brien said.
“This time we didn’t hear the crash. We just woke up the next morning and found the car.
“No one had told us anything.”
Ms Dowling said she had been in hospital for two days after the crash.
She said she had been dealing with the police and a tow truck company and would phone the insurance company of the driver from the other car.