Police and Emergencies

  • Driver deliberately went over cliff

    A WOMAN trapped in mangled car wreckage after plunging off the Great Ocean Road told rescuers the driver had deliberately driven off the cliff.

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  • $10-million win for fire victims

    VICTIMS of a Colac district Black Saturday bushfire will share in about $10 million of compensation.

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  • Ice epidemic stretching services

    COLAC and district drug users are increasingly getting hooked on the drug ice, paying up to $300 a hit and stretching support services.

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  • Hurt truckie prevents double fatality

    POLICE say a truck driver’s actions prevented a double fatality north of Colac.

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  • Police hunting for machete bandit

    INVESTIGATORS are appealing for public help to find an armed robber who used a machete to hold up a Camperdown bottleshop.

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  • Maps sending drivers to doom

    DRIVERS using electronic maps have caused near misses and a possible fatality on Colac district roads, with police fearing more deaths are just around the corner.

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  • Summer scorcher causes three fires

    FIREFIGHTERS and good timing have stopped a 130-hectare fire from damaging a Colac district home.

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  • Colac traffic offences shock police

    POLICE booked almost 40 motorists for traffic offences in central Colac yesterday.

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