MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives were last week investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of an elderly Chinese couple when a car driven by their son collided with a truck at Bittern, Monday 13 May. Police said the car was travelling towards Hastings along Myers Road after a brief sightseeing tour of the peninsula when the collision occurred, 1.30pm. The couple, in the back seat, died at the scene. Their son, 52, of Carrum Downs, was taken to Frankston Hospital by Air Ambulance with unspecified injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured. Detective Sergeant Colin Schmidt, of the…
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FRANKSTON Police are appealing for information after a fire was started at a “disused” site on Playne Street. Police were called after fire was lit by unknown offenders at around 4pm, 12 May. It is believed the offenders accessed the building and used cardboard to ignite a blaze. Smoke from the fire entered the second story of the building. The fire brigade attended and extinguished the fire. Frankston Police Senior Sergeant Warren Francis-Pester said “although the building is in disrepair, the structure has historical meaning to many in the Frankston community.” He appealed for witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers at…
A CAR has been found burnt out after a “dangerous” police pursuit on 8 May. Police observed a white Ford Ranger driving on the center of the median strip and veering onto the wrong side of the road, causing the other drivers on the road to swerve to avoid collision. A Give Way sign was also observed to be lodged under the car. Police followed the car into Lee Street and attempted to intercept the driver. Police said the driver continued to drive down the wrong side of the road and was displaying “dangerous behaviour” and the chase was called…
THE current management of Karingal Neighbourhood House is set to wind up operations. Karingal Neighbourhood House Incorporated, a not for profit community organisation, has been running programs out of Karingal PLACE Neighbourhood Centre for close to four decades. On 9 May they made the decision to wind up their work. A statement issued by the group said “based on the outcome of a review undertaken by the Committee of Management into the organisation’s financial projections, the Committee has made the difficult decision to wind up the organisation. This decision has not come lightly nor without significant consideration of alternatives.” “We…
A CARRUM Downs woman is appealing for the federal government to improve access to Flash Glucose Monitoring. Lucy Simons said her plans to have children with her partner were thrown up in the air because she could not get affordable access to it. “I want to have kids, so I need to get my glucose levels under control before I even start trying. And if I do have kids, and it’s $200 a month, where does that money come from,” Ms Simons said. “It’s not great because you have all the added extra costs of being pregnant. As a diabetic,…