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MELTON: Road death at Ravenhall

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Melton Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash in Ravenhall on Wednesday morning (Aug. 6).Emergency services were called to Fuller Rd following reports a van had crashed into the back of a parked semi-trailer about 7.50am.The driver of the car died at the scene.Exact circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be established and an…

MOONEE VALLEY: Seddon woman blows .279

Fawkner Highway Patrol officers intercepted a high range drink driver in Moonee Ponds on Wednesday evening (Aug. 6).Officers noticed a white Hyundai Tucson without its headlights operating, travelling along Ascot Vale Rd about 7pm.They followed the car to intercept it and observed it cross over to the wrong side of the road and almost collided…

LATROBE VALLEY: Woman dies at Yallourn North

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal collision in Yallourn North on Monday morning, August 4.Emergency services were called to reports a small car collided with a white Toyota Hilux which was towing a trailer on Latrobe River Rd about 8.40am.The female driver of the car, an 18-year-old Yallourn North woman, died at the scene.The driver of…

GREATER SHEPPARTON: Stabbing, affray at home

Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a stabbing and affray in Shepparton.It is understood a verbal altercation occurred between two men and a third, unknown man outside a residence on St Georges Rd about 8.40pm on Friday, August 1.Officers have been told the two men then left the address and walked to a nearby…

BALLARAT: Cannabis crop house at Alfredton

A cannabis crop house has been found in Alfredton following reports of a home break-in.Police were first called to the Kilkenny Drive scene after witnesses heard several large bangs around 1.10am on Tuesday, August 5.When police arrived a short time later, they found the front door damaged and kicked in.A search of the home found…

MELBOURNE: Crumbs, driver rolled

A drive through the city for a Melbourne man proved costly when he was caught watching a video about ‘how to make bread dough’.Public Order Response Unit members were patrolling the CBD when they spotted the motorist in Lonsdale St about 9.15pm.The driver, a Malaysian national – who it was discovered had been driving in…

FRANKSTON: 3D printed firearm found

Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two people after a car was allegedly stolen and a 3D printed firearm was located in Frankston on Tuesday morning (Aug. 5).It is understood three people were loitering in a car park near a grey Hyundai i30 with allegedly cloned plates about 1.15am.Officers were told they got into…

FRANKSTON: Teen dies at Seaford

A 16-year-old boy has died following a firearms incident in Seaford on July 27.Investigators have been told the teenager was critically injured after a firearm was discharged in a home in Glen Alvie St about 4.30pm.He was transported to hospital in a critical condition at the time but has since died.Exact circumstances surrounding the incident…

WHITTLESEA: 210-kmh at Bundoora

A solo rider picked up travelling more than 200-km h has been arrested and had his solo impounded in Thornbury.The rider was first spotted by the Air Wing on the M80 Ring Road in Bundoora travelling 210-kmh in a 100-kmh zone about 1.30am on Monday, August 4.Mill Park members who were nearby tried to intercept…

MONASH: Teen 50-kmh over limit

Nunawading Highway Patrol picked up a P-plater, who had only had their licence for six months, more than 50-kmh over the limit in Mulgrave on Sunday, August 3.The driver was first spotted travelling outbound on the Monash Fwy, near Blackburn Rd, travelling more than 130-kmh in the 100-kmh zone about 1.25am.Police, who were performing laser…