Traffic incident
Girl aged five fights for life after being hit by ute on major highway
The child suffered critical head injuries when struck while chasing a dog, paramedics were told.
- Jessica McSweeney
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Woman trapped after truck flips, crushing cars in Sydney crash
A busy road was closed during peak hour after the freight truck rolled on its side and onto two cars.
- Jessica McSweeney
Ex-Brisbane Lions star loses three-year battle over speeding charge
Former AFL star Jason Akermanis has lost a nearly three-year legal battle to overturn a conviction for exceeding the speed limit by more than 40km/h.
- Rex Martinich
Two die in Pilbara motorbike-ute crash, closing major WA highway
In separate incidents, an 18-year-old has been remembered as a “true blue Aussie” after being killed in a horror rollover in Perth’s north and a man has led police on a wild chase caught on video.
‘Did you know that’s a school zone?’: Tesla clocked at 92km/h outside high school
The Tesla Model Y was travelling through a school zone at 8.30am last Wednesday when it sped past an unmarked police car.
- William Davis
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- Germany
‘Probably an attack’: Children among injured as car drives into Munich crowd
The incident came hours before Munich was to host a conference of world leaders, and before Germany’s federal election.
- Anja Guder and Wolfgang Rattay
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- Crime
Men chased into Dreamworld, assaulted after Gold Coast traffic incident
An alleged road rage incident has spilled over into school holiday crowds at the popular Queensland theme park.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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- Road safety
Cops’ impassioned plea to drivers after WA’s road toll reaches highest in a decade
A further four people have died on WA roads on a horror second last day of the year taking the state’s road toll to 186 deaths.
- Hamish Hastie and Rebecca Peppiatt
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- USA
‘I could just hear him screaming’: Australian mum and son trapped under NYC taxi
Rebecca Stewart said she doesn’t know how she and her nine-year-old boy survived when a taxi jumped a kerb and hit pedestrians outside the Macy’s flagship store.
- Riley Walter and Daniel Lo Surdo
Ezra Mam issued with NRL breach notice
The NRL has issued the Brisbane Broncos star with a breach notice after he pleaded guilty to drug driving and driving without a licence earlier this month.
- Alex Condon
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