Police and Emergencies
Train-travelling thief arrested
POLICE have arrested a brazen thief who stole a university student’s laptop computer and graphics tablet on a train at Winchelsea.
Police nab 100 drivers
COLAC and district police have nabbed up to 100 motorists for safety and traffic offences in a bid to make the region’s roads safer.
Injured teenager returns home
A COLAC district junior footballer is home from hospital after suffering spinal injuries in a match at the weekend.
Carjackers terrorise driver
POLICE are hunting two men who stole a Colac district man’s car after one of the offenders held a knife to the victim’s throat.
Footballer airlifted with fractured vertebrae
A 17-YEAR-OLD Colac district footballer has two fractured vertebrae and suffered temporary paralysis down his left side after an on-field incident during a weekend game at Birregurra.
Driver escapes fiery crash, walks for help
A COBDEN man walked more than two kilometres for help after he was lucky to survive a car crash which incinerated his vehicle.
Man waited 100 minutes for ambulance
A COLAC district man waited more than an hour for an ambulance after falling from a horse at Bambra, north of Lorne.
Officer’s 40 years of community involvement
COLAC police officer Terry McCrickard says he’s proud to have been involved in the community during nearly 40 years in the force.