Street Watch Sunbury & Macedon Ranges: Police break up hoon gatherings

SUNBURY police have confronted two hoon gatherings in recent weeks, among other incidents in our Street Watch column.

SUNBURY Police have encountered two hoon gatherings in and around a Horne St kebab shop in recent weeks.

Police launched Operation Defusing last Wednesday where 200 to 250 attended with cars doing burnouts in carparks.

A team of police resources including a police car, divisional van, Fawkner Highway control and booze bus broke up last Wednesday’s gathering where they issued 34 penalty notices and made three impounds.

Police also conducted 58 breath tests, 24 preliminary oral fluid tests and 562 vehicle checks.

Sgt John Letchford said it was clear by social media posts the second meet was organised after police broke up the first one on August 3.

“It was an immature act of petulance,” he said.

“We will be waiting for them if they come again and we’d be considering bringing sheriff department officers down to see whether there are outstanding penalty notices,” he said.

New Gisborne

Emergency services from the CFA, SES, Ambulance Victoria and Victoria Police attended a two-vehicle collision at Cherry Lance and Station Rd, New Gisborne.

Paramedics checked the drivers and there were no injuries.

The Gisborne CFA applied oil absorbent as one of the vehicles was leaking fuel, while an LPG cylinder was isolated. Both lanes were closed for about an hour.

Sunbury

A fortnight-long “Dob in a Dealer” campaign, which encouraged Hume community members to report drug activity in their neighbourhood, has seen a spike in calls to Crime Stoppers Victoria.

During the two weeks leading up to August 9, the crime hotline received a 260 per cent increase in calls from Hume residents. Police have encouraged people to continue reporting drug-related crime to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Woodend

VicRoads is urging motorists to slow down on a southbound section of the Calder Freeway between Macedon-Woodend Rd and Lancefield-Woodend Rd.

Speed limits have been reduced to 60km/h along the section of road where potholes emerged.

Metcalfe

Six CFA units attended a shed fire last Tuesday. The Kyneton-Metcalfe Rd property was engulfed in flames about 2.30pm. Fire investigators are looking into the cause of the fire, which is being treated as suspicious.

Kyneton

A woman was hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries after a collision with a truck in Bourke St, Kyneton, on August 5.

The woman, 36, was injured after the accident when the truck driver crossed to Caroline Chisholm Drive from Wills St. She was taken to Bendigo Base Hospital.

Any information on these incidents to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.