A 79-YEAR-OLD Mt Eliza man died in hospital on Friday (18 May), weeks after a police car collided with a vehicle during the pursuit of a silver Commodore sedan. Police pursued the sedan, alleged to have been involved in serious offences, on Nepean Highway near Mount Eliza Way at about 8.20pm on 14 April. A police car collided with another vehicle near Humphries Road. Four occupants were taken to hospital at the time. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives will investigate the fatal collision. Police said the fatality will be investigated by Professional Standards Command, IBAC and the coroner. First published…
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A CAR careered off Eel Race Road in Seaford at about 10pm on Saturday 13 May and hit a tree. A driver, 17, from Seaford and passenger, 18, also from Seaford, were both trapped in the vehicle for some time before they were freed by emergency rescue workers. The driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries and an ambulance took the passenger to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police will investigate whether speed was a contributing factor to the crash. First published in the Frankston Times – 21 May 2018
A HUSBAND and wife at a Gould Street, Frankston residence got a rude awakening in the early hours of Wednesday 16 May. A man threatened the husband who went outside to talk to the passerby seen under the deck at the home. The offender threatened the Gould Street resident and demanded keys for a motorbike parked out the front of the property. When the man refused and went back inside the house the unwelcome guest threw a paver and smashed a front bedroom window. Police arrived shortly after the paver was thrown and arrested a 35-year-old South Yarra man. He…
POLICE have been alarmed by serious injury collisions involving cyclists around the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston. While cycling is usually regarded as a healthy pursuit, they are among groups classified as “vulnerable road users” because of their lack of protection on the road. Leading Senior Constable Greg Wolfe, of Mornington Peninsula Traffic operations, based at Somerville, said five incidents over the past two months included: A cyclist riding into the back of a car parked in Point Nepean Road, Sorrento, and suffering serious facial injuries. A 90-year-old pedestrian walking out in front of a cyclist on Point Nepean Road, Rosebud,…
FEDERAL Labor Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus has hit out at the federal budget as favouring “big business” over health services and education. Mr Dreyfus said Prime Minister “Malcolm Turnbull had one last chance to fix five years of unfairness — and he failed”. “Instead Mr Turnbull gave an $80 billion handout to big business through a corporate tax cut, while locking in cuts to schools, universities and Medicare,” he said. “Budgets are about priorities and this is a government that has prioritised tax cuts for big multinationals over better schools and hospitals. It’s as simple as that. “The government’s insistence on keeping…