Police and Emergencies
Car and tractor collide in fog
SUN glare and fog could have been factors in a car and tractor crash south-west of Colac.
Cars hitting hungry kangaroos
HUNGRY kangaroos are the latest threat to motorists on Colac district roads.
Facebook fight ends in assault
A FACEBOOK argument ended in a serious assault with a steel fire poker at Cobden.
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.