A semitrailer truck crashed through the fence in to the Miling school yard just minutes minutes after students had cleared the school grounds for the day last Wednesday, August 13.
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The truck crashed through a perimeter fence and drove over the school's tennis courts before being stopped by a small retaining wall, about 30m short of the art room.
Fortunately no one was injured as the Miling school has an early closure on Wednesdays at 2.30pm where students are dismissed from school instead of the normal 3pm.
The accident occurred at 2.50pm, only 20 minutes after the students had cleared the grounds.
Moora police attended the accident and Sgt Kevin Taylor has said they are still unclear as to the cause.
“The driver of the semi has stated that he must have blacked out, which now becomes a medical issue which is being investigated,” Sgt Taylor said.
“The driver was cleared of any drug or alcohol issues.”
The Central Advocate has reported on several occasions, the concerns of parents about the speeding freight trucks racing through the town.
Being on the Great Northern Highway, Miling is a key freight link between Perth and WA's Mining industry.
Hundreds of freight trucks drive through the town every day and some of them speed.
Sgt Taylor said that he had been told by some drivers in the Trucking Industry, that a Wednesday and Thursday are the busiest days on the road for them.
Locals have been fighting for more than a year for action to make the town safer.
"It's dangerous," one resident said in December. "We don't want to wait until someone dies before something is done.”
Another resident said: "I've seen a large freight (road) train overtake another at speed, literally metres from the school playground, leaving no margin for error."
P&C president and local farmer Paul White said many things needed to be done to make the stretch of highway safe, including bigger and better signage.
"I think most truck drivers do the right thing," he said. "It's just the handful who don't we have to worry about. Our school is one of only a few in the State that is so close to a busy highway."
Flashing school zone signs were installed near the school recently which have been a help.
