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Crime
Man arrested after shots fired at police during siege in Melbourne’s west
A siege has ended after armed police arrested a man who allegedly shot at officers before barricading himself in a stranger’s home with a man and a toddler.
- by Alex Crowe
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Today presenter pays emotional tribute to ‘hero’ preschool worker killed in crash
Tearful Alex Cullen called Eleanor Bryant “generous, wonderful and caring” after she died saving preschool children from the path of a water tanker.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Woman dead, three-year-old injured after truck crashes into preschool at Riddells Creek
A 43-year-old speech pathologist is dead and a three-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a water tanker ploughed into a preschool’s playground in a small town north of Melbourne.
- by Erin Pearson and Caroline Schelle
As it happened: Teacher’s aide, 43, dies while trying to save children in preschool truck crash, police say; Three-year-old boy seriously injured
A child has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Melbourne’s outer north.
- by Alex Crowe and Caroline Schelle
St Kevin’s student suffers fractures in freak school balcony fall
The teenage boy was on the year 7 and 8 deck during recess when the incident occurred at the Toorak boys’ school.
- by Bridie Smith, Alex Crowe and Marta Pascual Juanola
As it happened: One child killed, four others injured after car crashes into school in Melbourne’s east
Early reports indicate a driver has had a medical episode and crashed their vehicle through Auburn South Primary School’s fence and into an outdoor table.
- by Alex Crowe and Cassandra Morgan
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Roads
Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’
Emergency crews were called to a major arterial in Endeavour Hills after reports a child had been hit by a car.
- by Gemma Grant
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Development
Police seek cap on CBD tower heights to protect helicopter flight paths
Victoria Police wants to restrict skyscraper heights to protect access to the emergency helipad atop its Docklands headquarters.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
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Victoria
Two children die after devastating house fire in Sydenham
Two young girls pulled from a burning home in Melbourne’s north-west have died in hospital, while their brother continues to fight for his life.
- by Hannah Kennelly and Cassandra Morgan
Father concerned children were being left home alone before massive house fire
Three children remain in hospital after the fire in Melbourne’s west as police investigate.
- by Cassandra Morgan
A deafening blast, then a searing fire as horror unfolds on quiet street
The explosion sounded like a bomb going off in the dead of night. As their walls shook from the blast, neighbours called emergency services and ran out of their homes.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Cassandra Morgan
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