A 20-year-old Tiaro man faces 10 charges after an alleged dangerous driving spree across the South Burnett. Police allege the grey Holden Commodore forced another vehicle off the road and ran several red lights. The driver allegedly crashed into a Toyota Hilux at Benair, then ran into nearby bushland before he was arrested. A 16-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The man has been remanded to appear in Maryborough Magistrates Court on November 10. Police have appealed for witnesses and dashcam footage.
Tradies in Melbourne's north allegedly tackled and restrained a masked man wielding an axe after a suspected carjacking attempt at Campbellfield. Emergency services were called about 7am on Thursday to a multi-car collision at the Sydney Road and Bolinda Road intersection. Police were told a driver armed with an axe had tried to steal another vehicle. The man was struck by a vehicle during the attempt, and nearby workers held him with cable ties until police arrived. A 29-year-old Altona North man was arrested and taken to hospital under police guard with non-life threatening injuries.
Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in Campbellfield after an alleged attempted carjacking. Officers were told the man, who was one of the drivers in an eight-vehicle collision at Sydney Road and Bolinda Road at about 7am on Thursday 22 October, was armed with an axe and tried to steal another vehicle. The Altona North man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries under police guard. No other injuries were reported. Anyone with information or footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Altona police are seeking witnesses to a multi-car collision in Altona North on Sunday night. It is believed a green Toyota Corolla and four other vehicles crashed on the inbound Westgate Freeway, just before the Westgate Bridge, at about 6.50pm on 18 October. A 19-year-old Broadmeadows man, a passenger in the Toyota, suffered critical injuries. The Corolla's 18-year-old driver and a 22-year-old passenger, both from Broadmeadows, suffered serious injuries. All lanes were closed for several hours. Anyone with information or camera footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
A 76-year-old man has died after a collision between a ute and a truck on Mannum Road, near Mannum in South Australia's Murraylands. Emergency services were called just after 11am on Friday. A 72-year-old woman, a passenger in the ute, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 35-year-old truck driver was not injured. Major crash investigators are working to determine what led to the collision. The death takes the state's road toll to 88 this year.
Police are investigating reports of shots fired in Tullamarine after a collision between two vehicles on Wednesday 14 October. Investigators believe the incident followed an earlier road rage dispute between the occupants of an Isuzu utility and a Hyundai SUV. No injuries have been reported. The offenders abandoned the Hyundai and fled in another vehicle, while the Isuzu occupants went to Broadmeadows Police Station. Police have established two crime scenes, in Dawson Street and May Street. Anyone with information, witness accounts or dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Police are investigating whether shots were fired during a suspected road rage incident in Tullamarine, in Melbourne's north. Emergency services were called to Dawson Street about 3.15pm on Wednesday after reports that two cars collided and gunshots were fired. Police believe an Isuzu ute and a Hyundai SUV were involved in a road rage incident before the crash. Police say the occupants of the Hyundai abandoned the car and fled in another vehicle. Occupants of the Isuzu went to Broadmeadows Police Station. No injuries have been reported. Anyone with information or footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Victoria Police's Professional Standards unit is investigating after a police car collided with a 14-year-old e-bike rider in a carpark near Geelong. The incident occurred on Waverley Road in Lara about 5.15pm on Wednesday. Police allege a group of three youths were riding e-bikes erratically and failed to stop before entering the carpark, where the collision happened. The e-bike rider was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Social media users criticised the police's actions, with some expressing concern for the welfare of the injured rider and bystanders.
