Articles tagged: fatality
Call for public’s help following fatality
Police are calling for anyone who witnessed a fatal crash at Irrewillipe or have dashcam footage of the car prior to yesterday's incident to contact Colac Police Station or Crime Stoppers.
Alleged drink-driver considered for bail
An alleged drink driver involved in a fatal crash near Winchelsea could be released on bail this week.
Community rallies to support family: District shattered by death of Deans Marsh mum
The Colac district is rallying to support the family of Deans Marsh mother Kylie Doak who was killed in a car crash on Saturday.
Body dumped, fatal crash near Winchelsea
Police are calling for anyone with information to assist with investigations into the dumping of a woman’s body east of Winchelsea and a fatal crash south of Winchelsea.
Fatal crash in district
A truck driver has died in a two-vehicle crash near Deans Marsh.
Fatality at Pirron Yallock
A driver died at the scene of a car crash on the Princes Highway at Pirron Yallock yesterday.
Investigation into fatal crash underway
Police are continuing investigations into a fatal crash on the Great Ocean Road on Saturday.
Scotts Creek man dies in crash
Police are seeking community help with their investigation into a fatal crash in Simpson which claimed the life of a 65-year-old Scotts Creek man.
Drunk driver jailed for causing fatal collision
A 26-year-old Irish man will spend the next eight years in prison following a fatal collision which claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Cobden last year.
Police investigate Timboon road death
A 65-year-old Panmure man has died in a single vehicle-crash at Timboon, in the region’s first road fatality for the year.
Motorcyclist dies in district crash
Police are investigating Colac Otway’s sixth road fatality of the year, the shire’s highest road deaths in a decade.
ROAD TRAUMA: Region records third road death in two weeks
A man has died in a single-vehicle crash at Carlisle River, continuing a horror start to the year on Colac district roads.
Road toll reinforces message
Eight people died in road crashes across the Colac Otway, Corangamite and Surf Coast shires in 2021.
Road fatality and chemical leak keep emergency crews busy
Colac and district emergency services crews have had a busy weekend, with a traffic fatality near Birregurra and a chemical leak at Apollo Bay.
Tourist traffic increase causes more concerns
“Obviously in Australia it takes a fatality to bring the reality of such a situation to realisation, sadly.”
