A boy has died in hospital following a collision in Frankston last week. It is believed the child was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a car on Frankston-Flinders Road, near the intersection of Heatherhill Road, about 4.15pm on 11 March. The cyclist, a 14-year-old Frankston boy, was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition. He sadly died on 17 March. The driver, a 32-year-old Frankston South woman, was transported to hospital for observation. Her front passenger, a 32-year-old Euston woman, was transported to hospital with minor injuries. Police will prepare a report for the Coroner. Victoria Police…
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ORGANISERS have called off next Wednesday’s rally to stop the closure of the Mornington Centrelink and Medibank offices because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rally was scheduled to be held outside the Centrelink offices in Main Street but an update issued by Mornington Community Information and Support Centre last Friday (13 March) stated: “Unfortunately, due to concerns about the Coronavirus, we have cancelled the public rally planned for Wednesday”. A petition on change.org to “Stop the closure of Mornington Centrelink Office” was by Saturday morning nearing the required 2500 signatures. First published in the Frankston Times – 17 March 2020
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol crews spotted a black Toyota intentionally losing traction and pulled it over to chat to the driver, 11.12am, Sunday 8 March. The 36-year-old Frankston man stopped adjacent to a sign asking for hoon driving to be reported to Crime Stoppers. The driver said he had accidentally lost traction while doing a U-turn, however, police disagreed and impounded his car for a month. The driver will be summonsed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date charged with careless driving and intentional loss of traction. Evidence was captured in full high definition by the police’s new…
A MAN has been caught driving at more than twice the speed limit in Carrum Downs. The motorcycle rider was pulled over by police on 8 March after being clocked driving at 142kmph in a 60 zone on Colemans Road. Police allege that the driver was already disqualified from driving and that the bike was unregistered with a false number plate. The driver also tested positive for drugs. The bike was impounded and the offender will be summonsed to court. During the same shift, the Somerville Highway Patrol unit also arrested a driver speeding at 173 kmph in an 80…
THE line from the Mel Gibson movie Mad Max was used by members of Somerville Highway Patrol last week when they farewelled their last Holden V8. After countless patrol hours on peninsula roads, 1LY7GG was taken back to VicPol’s transport branch at Brunswick to be decommissioned. Its replacement is a police-only model of the Mercedes Benz E400D wagon, which police say has almost twice as much power as the showroom version. The police-pack Mercedes has the same acceleration as the Holden Commodore V8, but uses only about one-third of the fuel because of its hi-tech diesel engine. An advanced all-wheel-drive…