Road safety
12 deaths in one week: Pedestrian killed as road toll climbs at alarming rate
A man is dead after being hit by a car in Melbourne’s inner north, with the latest fatality the 12th in a week as the state’s road toll continues to spike.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
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Family of teen killed in horror crash mourns a boy who dreamed big
The parents of Joshua Elmes,15, found a list of his hopes and dreams on his computer following his death in the crash near Hamilton on Saturday that killed four people.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and David Estcourt
‘Incomprehensible’: Police believe car doing ‘well in excess’ of 100km/h before crash that killed four
Police have reconstructed the crash scene near Hamilton, and say their investigation shows the car was travelling faster than 100km/h before the crash that killed three teenagers and a woman, aged 31.
- by David Estcourt, Ashleigh McMillan and Rachel Eddie
The need for speed? Even this former F1 boss says it’s time for a rethink on road rules
Jean Todt is a former rally car driver, Ferrari general manager and president of Formula 1’s governing body. Now in his role as the United Nations’ special envoy for road safety, he says it’s time for cars’ reign over Australian cities to end.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Victoria
Tight-knit town grieves as school remembers Hamilton crash victim
A top Victoria Police officer suspects speed may have been a factor in the crash that killed four people in the state’s west, and has made an emotional plea to all drivers to slow down.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Clay Lucas
Road to a place of beauty is visited by horror
The dreadful paradox is that four young lives ended, and another was broken, in one of the loveliest areas of western Victoria.
- by Tony Wright
Four teenagers dead after car hits tree in Victoria’s west
Investigators are piecing together the details of a car crash that killed four teenagers near Hamilton, with a passer-by happening upon the scene on a quiet country road.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Melissa Cunningham
Students rescued after school bus stuck in gutter
Firefighters conducted a high-angle rescue to help a group of schoolchildren after their school bus was caught in a gutter in Victoria’s southeast.
- by Kaitlyn Offer
Driver charged after video shows near-fatal crash on WA highway
A driver has been charged after footage released online captured a breathtaking near-collision between a road train and a car on a highway east of Perth.
- by Alex Condon
‘We rally around’: Hundreds raise money and hope for Exford bus crash victims
Locals, young and old, huddled in the cold at Eynesbury Football Club to raise funds, and spirits, for an Exford Primary School community that is still reeling from Tuesday’s horrific bus crash.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Victoria Police
‘We’re extremely proud’: Exford school bus driver returns home after horror collision
Graham Stanley was trying to turn right onto Murphys Road near Melton on Tuesday when police believe he spotted a truck approaching from behind and took evasive action.
- by Nicole Precel, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Erin Pearson and Lachlan Abbott