Police and Emergencies

  • Freak crash hospitalises three teenagers

    A FREAK crash on the Great Ocean Road near Apollo Bay has left three 16-year-old Melbourne students in hospital.

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  • $50,000 boat stolen in Colac

    POLICEare investigating the theft of a boat and trailer worth $50,000 from outside a Colac business.

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  • Personal tragedy reinforces safety message

    VETERAN Colac truck driver Willy Watson says road safety is always on his mind.

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  • Vandals deface businesses and playground

    VANDALS have struck in Colac, defacing two businesses and a playground in the city’s Memorial Square.

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  • Burglars steal whitegoods

    THIEVES have broken into a Colac holiday house and stolen whitegoods.

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  • Inquest vindicates ex-policeman

    FORMER Colac policeman Peter Goonan says he feels vindicated after an inquest into Hugh Wilson’s death acknowledged claims of police corruption.

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  • Town vulnerable without police

    CRESSY residents still feel vulnerable but have resigned themselves to the fact the town could remain a police-free zone.

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  • Family lucky to escape fire

    AUTHORITIES say a Colac family is lucky to be alive after a kitchen fire filled their house with smoke.

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