Road safety
Motorcyclist dies after tree falls on him in Victorian high country
The man was on a group ride in windy conditions near the Victoria-NSW border when he was killed by a falling tree.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Road Toll
‘Highly distressing’ scene after teenagers killed in Father’s Day dirt bike crash
A children’s birthday party ended with the deaths of two teen cousins who collided into each other while riding unregistered dirt bikes in Melbourne’s north-west on Sunday. The father of one of the teens was injured driving to the scene.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
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Road Toll
Police believe car driver’s error led to four deaths in Hume Highway crash
Two couples in their 70s from central NSW have died in the crash at a notorious intersection as police appeal to drivers to take care as the road toll grows.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Benjamin Preiss
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Tragedy
‘It’s horrible’: Four killed in Hume Highway truck crash
Four people are dead after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck in the state’s north-east, near the NSW border.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Alex Crowe
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Police
Driver charged over horror crash that left two boys, aged 9 and 10, dead
Jimmy Martin Brito, a 33-year-old man from Beverly Hills, has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of causing bodily harm by misconduct.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Anthony Segaert
Side windows at neck height: The madness of super-sized pick-ups
Australians are taking the lead off Americans in our penchant for monster pick-up trucks, while some Europeans move in the opposite direction.
- by Tony Davis
Awheata lost an arm in a school bus crash, but just months later she’s chasing dreams
Awheata Pikari has learned to swim and moving forward with life in “leaps and bounds” months after a school bus crash changed her life forever.
- by Alex Crowe
Perth woman charged over alleged hit and run on Year 7 student
Police have arrested and charged a 49-year-old woman over the alleged incident, which left Alexis Lloyd needing intensive surgery and weeks in a wheelchair.
- by Holly Thompson
WA man extradited from NSW over litany of driving offences
Mitchell Walsh previously avoided jail in 2003 after his dangerous driving caused the death of 10-year-old cyclist Jess Meehan.
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Cars
Bigger, dirtier, more dangerous: How ‘auto-besity’ is a health risk for everyone
Australia’s top-selling cars are becoming more of a threat to other motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, as sports utility vehicles and utes replace family sedans.
- by Patrick Hatch
Road safety work ‘impossible’ without access to key data on deadly areas, engineers say
The Institute of Transportation Engineers says VicRoads is blocking access to police reports and sketches that would help determine what is causing crashes on Victorian roads.
- by Patrick Hatch