Police and Emergencies

  • Firefighters rescue child from locked vehicle

    COLAC firefighters broke a window to rescue a child locked in a car this week.

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  • Fatal collision at Warncoort

    A PERSON has died in a truck and car collision on the Princes Highway near Colac this morning.

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  • Another crash at horror corner

    A COLAC emergency service volunteer who cut a woman from a wrecked car says authorities must fix a notorious intersection to save lives.

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  • 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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