Police and Emergencies
Shooters suspects in joey deaths
ILLEGAL shooting might be responsible for the death of kangaroo joeys at a Colac district farm.
Thrown glass injures woman
A GLASS thrown at Colac’s nightclub has left a woman with an injured eye.
Escaped burn angers Forrest residents
AN escaped burnoff has angered residents of Otways township Forrest despite authorities bringing the fire under control.
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.
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.
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.
Injured hiker rescued
EMERGENCY services crews teamed with police to rescue an injured hiker at Lorne.
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.