Police and Emergencies

  • 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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  • Thieves steal Buddha statue

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a statue from a residential property in Apollo Bay.

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  • Teen fights for traffic lights

    A COLAC teen is fighting to have new traffic lights at a busy Colac intersection which he fears is an accident waiting to happen.

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  • Bravery medals for rescue

    TWO Colac district men have received accolades for helping a man escape from a car accident.

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  • Cliff crash possibly deliberate

    INVESTIGATORS say a fatal crash where a car plunged almost 100 metres off a Great Ocean Road cliff could have been suicide.

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  • Thieves steal charity money

    THIEVES have stolen charity money from a Birregurra man who says he is “probably naive for hoping for the best in people”.

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