Traffic incident
Killer driver in tears as victim’s family shares pain
A man who fatally struck a single mother while driving “blind drunk” has broken down in court as the victim’s family and friends spoke of their ongoing pain.
- Rex Martinich
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Two dead after truck collision sparks massive blaze
Two men have died in a catastrophic truck crash after a fuel tanker and another heavy vehicle burst into flames on a major highway.
- Alex Mitchell
Truck driver dies after vehicle smashes into Queensland retirement home
A truck driver has died after his vehicle smashed into a retirement village in the state’s south-east.
- Emily Bennett
Hundreds of Perth homes left without electricity for hours after horror crash
Two people are in intensive care tonight after their car lost control and flipped in Perth’s south-east, crashing into a power pole and causing an outage.
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- Road safety
Groom on way to wedding trapped for 45 minutes after minibus rolls
The 56-year-old was seriously injured when the bus transporting the groom’s party to a Hunter Valley venue rolled seven times down an embankment.
- Josefine Ganko and Penry Buckley
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- Traffic
Two drivers badly injured after collision between horse float, car and truck
A 4WD towing a horse float, a truck and a car have collided on the West Gate Freeway at Southbank.
- Angus Delaney
Highway pursuit ends with ‘traumatic’ dog bites for man
Two men were arrested with the aid of police dog Stryker following a pursuit through several suburbs north of Brisbane.
- Rex Martinich
‘Reprehensible’: Man jailed for high-speed crash that killed grandmother
A beloved Queensland grandmother was killed and her daughter seriously injured when a man crashed into their car at high speed in a stolen vehicle before fleeing.
- Fraser Barton
- Perspective
- Public Transport
Will the LNP’s new scheme help me become a first-home buyer?
The shared equity scheme promises to help first homeowners break into the property market, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?
- Courtney Kruk
Man dies in horror three-vehicle crash in WA’s Wheatbelt
A 27-year-old man has been killed in a crash in Chittering involving a sedan, a tow-truck and a prime mover.