Police and Emergencies

  • Rider cheats death in crash

    A MOTORBIKE rider is “extremely lucky” to be alive after crashing into a car north of Lorne.

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  • Burglaries at Birregurra

    POLICE from Colac and Warrnambool travelled to Birregurra to investigate two burglaries.

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  • Family cat shot, left for dead

    A COLAC family is heartbroken after a cruel pet-hater shot their family cat and left it for dead.

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  • School becomes fire hazard

    A COLAC woman says authorities’ neglect of former Colac High School buildings could create a fire hazard.

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  • Sheer luck saves crash driver

    POLICE say a Melbourne woman survived a high-speed car crash south of Birregurra “by sheer luck”.

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  • Pregnant mum flees fire

    A 38-WEEKS pregnant former Colac district woman feared she would go into labour as she prepared to flee raging fires.

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  • Man dies in logging accident

    A COLAC man died yesterday after a tree fell on him at a logging coupe in the Otways.

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  • Woman hurt in motorcycle crash

    A WOMAN is in hospital with a fractured hip, and another man is uninjured, after two motorcycle crashes in the Otways yesterday.

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