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Spectator-Observer Partnership | Illegal drag racing in the dark on the Princes Hwy at Heathmere, with two teenage passengers, has landed a young man in jail. Police recorded the two racing cars, driven by a Heywood and a Portland man, at speeds of 167km/h. In Portland Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Timothy Hutchins, 20, of Murray St, Heywood, was convicted on a charge of driving at a dangerous speed and sentenced to three months in jail, with two months suspended. Since the race happened … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | DRIVERS on south-west highways seem determined to continue their potentially fatal conduct, with another drunk and speeding driver picked up near Hamilton on Thursday. Casterton Acting Sergeant Craig Holstein was travelling from Hamilton back to Casterton on Friday afternoon, when … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | A 38-YEAR-OLD man has facial and spinal injuries after falling off an ag bike at Burunj campsite. Hamilton Highway Patrol Sergeant Scott Williams said the man, believed to be a Hamilton resident on holiday at the site, was not wearing … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | MUM and dad are scratching their heads and feeling sick when they think about the ‘what ifs’. After years of teaching, discussing, hammering home and generally instilling every road safety message they could think of into their children, their son … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ANGELA McFEETERS A 20-YEAR-OLD woman died when the vehicle she was driving failed to negotiate a bend and it slammed into a power pole on Cape Nelson Rd on Friday morning. The victim of the 6.05am accident … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by SHANE FOWLES A TEENAGER who drove at 186km/h along the Princes Hwy near Allestree in March has lost his licence for 12 months. Daniel Witham, 19, of Donegal Court, appeared in the Portland Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday … Continue reading
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