Police and Emergencies

  • Motorcyclist flown to hospital

    AN air ambulance flew a Geelong man to hospital with multiple fractures after he lost control of his motorbike at Barongarook.

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  • Crash claims passionate athlete

    THE family of Colac’s John Paatsch, killed when his bicycle and a truck collided, say they will remember him as a determined and loyal man who made them proud with his athletic pursuits.

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  • Crash kills cyclist north of Colac

    A MALE cyclist in his 40s has died in a crash involving a truck north of Colac on the Colac-Ballarat Road, Ondit.

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  • Injured hiker rescued

    EMERGENCY services crews teamed with police to rescue an injured hiker at Lorne.

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  • Roadside sting nets $113,000

    A JOINT Colac police and Victorian sheriff’s office roadside sting has netted more than $100,000 in unpaid fines.

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  • Motorcyclist foils scammers

    AN ATTEMPT to sell a motorbike has almost cost Colac man Rod Menzies nearly $2000 in an email scam.

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  • Truckers ignoring new laws

    TRUCK drivers and transport companies are ignoring new national laws, Colac’s top traffic policeman says.

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  • Two charged following burglary

    POLICE arrested two Colac men yesterday in relation to a burglary at Gellibrand.

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