Police and Emergencies
Truck hits boy in main street
A 16-YEAR-OLD Colac boy was in a critical condition in hospital yesterday after a truck hit him in Colac’s main street.
Woman frees herself from flipped car
A 65-YEAR-OLD woman freed herself from her car after it rolled on a Colac district road.
No jail despite vicious attack
A COLAC man has walked free from court despite knocking a man unconscious, punching him in the face 12 times and kicking him.
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.