A 29-year-old man has been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after his ute crashed into a home in South Perth on Saturday night. Police allege the black GWM utility was travelling along Douglas Avenue at about 9pm when it left the road, struck trees and a light pole, and then hit the brick wall of a residence. Road Policing Group South is investigating the incident. Police have asked anyone with information or relevant camera or phone footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
An 81-year-old woman was taken to Lismore Base Hospital after her car left the Bruxner Highway and crashed at Drake on Friday, October 23. Passing drivers spotted the car on its side off an embankment at about 9.30am and helped the driver out. Paramedics checked her at the scene, and she was taken to hospital by ambulance as a precaution. Fire and Rescue and RFS units, including those from Tabulam and Frasers Cutting, assisted at the site. A Casino VRA Rescue Squad was called but turned back once the driver was reported to be no longer trapped.
A 31-year-old Surfers Paradise man will face court after allegedly driving a ute deliberately into a barrier near the Gold Coast 500 event. The crash at The Esplanade and Staghorn Avenue injured a 40-year-old security guard, who was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. Police allege the man fled before officers arrived, and a police dog later bit him during his arrest. He has been charged and is due at Southport Magistrates Court on November 13.
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A man has been charged after a car fleeing police crashed and burst into flames in Sydney's southwest. Police allege the Nissan X-Trail had stolen number plates and failed to stop on Friday morning. The pursuit ended in Busby, but the car later hit a Volkswagen sedan in Bonnyrigg Heights. A 50-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl in the Volkswagen suffered minor injuries. A 30-year-old man was arrested nearby, refused bail and is due in court on Saturday. Police are still searching for two other occupants.
A car crashed into a popular 24-hour gym in Perth's south on Friday morning, leaving fitness fans stunned. Emergency services were called to Snap Fitness in Willetton shortly after 6.45am after a red Honda CR-V struck a wall near the entrance. The woman driver, in her 60s, suffered minor injuries and was treated by St John at the scene, without needing hospital care. Fire and Emergency Services said the damage to the building appeared cosmetic only, and no one inside was hurt. The gym will remain closed on Friday. WA Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
A mother will not be sent to prison for a crash that killed her six-year-old daughter, a court has heard. Zubeda Habonimana, 43, failed to give way at a Virginia intersection in Adelaide's northern suburbs in October last year. Her daughter Benita Ntihebuwayo died five days later. Victim impact statements were read in the South Australian District Court, including a plea from the girl's father that his former partner not be jailed. Habonimana pleaded guilty to causing death and three counts of causing harm by dangerous driving.
A 67-year-old woman was trapped after her car crashed down an embankment on Kyogle Road at Cawongla, New South Wales, on Wednesday, October 21, at about 2.20pm. Police freed her from the vehicle. Paramedics treated her at the scene before she was taken to hospital in a stable condition. Police are investigating how the crash happened. Anyone with information, including CCTV or dashcam vision, is asked to contact Richmond Police District or Crime Stoppers.
Independent MP Helen Haines is in critical condition at a Melbourne hospital more than two days after being struck by a car outside her electorate office in Victoria's north-east. Her husband, Phil, has said she has lost both legs as a result of her injuries. He describes her as a fighter, and her family is hoping for her recovery. Coverage of wellwishers' messages of support is continuing.
A 76-year-old woman has escaped serious injury after her car rolled in a crash outside a police station in Mount Gambier, South Australia. The Chrysler PT Cruiser hit a parked car on Bay Road shortly before 1.15pm on Monday. The impact flipped the Chrysler onto its side and sent a Ford sedan into a third vehicle. The Chrysler driver, from Port MacDonnell, suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital. A 24-year-old woman in the Ford was treated by paramedics at the scene. Police said she was left shaken. Two of the three vehicles were towed away.
Jean-Paul Franzidis told a Brisbane Supreme Court sentencing that he hoped the teenager who killed his wife, Rosemary, would one day be loved as deeply as she loved him. Rosemary Franzidis, 69, died at the scene in Murrumba Downs in November 2024 after a stolen car, reportedly travelling above 130km/h, struck her vehicle. The driver, who was 16 and unlicensed, had taken drugs before a spree of offences with older accomplices.
Zachary Robert Kolm, 26, has been sentenced to nine years in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the Supreme Court in Bundaberg. Kolm was driving an unregistered, modified car with alcohol and MDMA in his system when it crashed, killing his friend Nicholas 'Joel' Wright, 23. GPS data showed the car travelling at 188km/h on Burnett Heads Road before it rolled and hit a power pole. Justice Graeme Crow called Kolm's conduct at the scene disgraceful but noted his remorse. Kolm will be eligible for parole in April 2029.
Dash-cam footage has been released showing police arresting a man in his 40s on a Mitchell Freeway on-ramp in Warwick. WA Police allege the driver rammed a marked police car in a red Ford Falcon in Wangara earlier that morning before fleeing. The car later crashed into several vehicles on the on-ramp. Officers pulled the driver from the car and pinned him to the ground. Police said they were not pursuing the vehicle when it crashed. The man has been charged with multiple offences. No injuries were reported.
An 18-year-old man accused of driving a car into a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans has been served with eight additional charges. Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe is alleged to have injured 10 people, including a five-year-old girl, on October 3. Thousands of fans had lined the streets to farewell the team before its first NRL grand final in 25 years. The new charges include dangerous driving and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, plus six counts of causing bodily harm by misconduct using a motor vehicle. The total number of charges now stands at 17.
A teenage equestrian's Olympic hopes have been affected after a car crash in the Cotswolds left her severely injured and her horse dead. Tinks Walker, 17, says she moved her horses onto a grass verge, but a car did not slow down and hit them. She was thrown through the windscreen and knocked unconscious. Her 10-year-old gelding Benny was injured and was later put down by a vet. Wiltshire Police chose a driving course instead of prosecution, and the family has started legal action against the driver.
A 63-year-old man has died in hospital after his car crashed through the front of a well-known Bondi gelato shop on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened at the corner of Campbell Parade and Beach Road, about 1.40pm. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in critical condition. The driver is believed to have suffered a medical episode before the crash. No other injuries were reported. NSW Police confirmed the death and said a report will be prepared for the Coroner. Motorists have been urged to avoid the area while emergency crews respond.
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A car drove into the front of Harmony Tree Therapeutic Massage and Day Spa in Weston, Canberra, on Friday, injuring five people. Three employees were initially pinned under the vehicle, which stayed inside the building for some time. One worker remains in hospital with a broken hip after two operations, though her condition is now stable. Police are investigating an alleged robbery at the spa on the night of the crash, where a staff member's phone, car keys, house keys and ATM card were reportedly stolen.
