Macedon Ranges Highway Patrol
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Head-on crash on Calder
A 20-year-old Mildura man is facing serious criminal charges after leading police on a chase that ended in a crash on the Calder Freeway at Kyneton last Friday night. The man evaded police for a traffic offence before driving down the wrong side of the freeway – heading south in the north-bound lanes – when…
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Rescued, then arrested
A high-speed police pursuit out of Melbourne ended when the driver of a stolen vehicle crashed and flipped it on its roof at Woodend last week. The 30-year-old driver from St Albans was taken to hospital after he crashed the car near a level crossing on Tylden-Woodend Road about 12.30pm last Tuesday afternoon. Police allege…
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Play it safe at footy finals
The Macedon Ranges Highway Patrol has a message for footy finals crowds: play it safe. Sergeant Lee Clayton said his unit would be providing a strong presence in and around the finals across the district to ensure everyone was using the roads in a safe manner. “Historically speaking, we see a bit of improvement in…
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Dangerous drivers caught on camera
Dangerous drivers in Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges were caught on camera last weekend as popular TV show Highway Patrol stopped traffic in Kyneton, Woodend, Gisborne and Castlemaine.
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Expect to be tested for drugs and alcohol
Long weekends are high-risk periods on our roads, and the June long weekend presents additional challenges with poor visibility and wintry weather conditions. Victoria Police will be conducting Operation Regal over the four days from Friday to Monday and will be highly visible and enforcing across the state to reduce road trauma. Police will be…
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Pedestrian hit by truck
A Woodend woman was critically injured when she was hit by a tipper truck at Gisborne last Friday afternoon. Police said the truck was travelling north into the township at the intersection of Aitken Street and Hamilton Street when it struck the woman as she was crossing Aitken Street just before 5pm. She was dragged…
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Police conduct roving patrols of region’s borders
Police have been patrolling the region’s borders looking for metropolitan drivers breaching the chief health officer’s stay-at-home directions. Sergeant Mark Stephenson of the Macedon Ranges Highway Patrol said his team was coming across a number of people from Melbourne metro areas. “A large number of people appear to meet the exemption criteria but there has…
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School run ends in shock crash
Two children were injured in a dramatic incident at school drop off at Candlebark School in Kerrie this morning. A Romsey mother had stopped her car outside the school with her four young children on board about 8.35am. She got out of the vehicle to help the children out when the car began rolling backwards…
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Car flips in Kyneton crash, driver flees scene
A driver fled the scene of a spectacular crash on Edgecombe Street in Kyneton this afternoon. The 37-year-old Kyneton woman was driving a Holden Astra north near Orr Street about 1.50pm when she collided with a parked Mitsubishi Lancer and spun, flipping her car onto its roof. The 37-year-old sustained cuts and bruises and a…
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High-speed crash at Carlsruhe
A Woodend man had to be cut from his vehicle following a high-speed crash at Carlsruhe on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the scene on Cobb and Co Road about 4pm, after the driver lost control of his vehicle and crossed to the wrong side of the road, rolling several times and landing in…
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Nowhere to hide
Roads across the region over the Easter long weekend looked unrecognisable to Macedon Ranges Highway Patrol officers out on patrol as part of Operation Nexus, as Victorians followed requirements to stay at home. Sergeant Mark Stephenson said the state-wide road policing operation was aimed at reducing road trauma in conjunction with broader Operation Sentinel checks…