Major traffic delays ease after fatal freeway collision
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Traffic

Major traffic delays ease after fatal freeway collision

Gridlocked traffic stretched back kilometres after the crash at one of the central points in Melbourne’s freeway network.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAlex Crowe

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Wreckage found in Mount Martha plane crash search
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Tragedy

Wreckage found in Mount Martha plane crash search

Police are working to remove a large part of the former military jet from the water in Mornington after the plane carrying a pilot and cameraman filming a documentary about flying crashed on Sunday.

  • byLachlan Abbott andMadeleine Heffernan
Pair feared dead in jet crash were filming flying documentary

Pair feared dead in jet crash were filming flying documentary

Pilot Stephen Gale and cameraman James Rose were working on a documentary series that planned to turn people highly skilled in different fields into novice pilots.

  • byKarl Quinn,Madeleine Heffernan,Roy Ward andMarnie Vinall
‘Engulfed in flames’ Fire crews battle blaze at Yarra Valley golf club

‘Engulfed in flames’ Fire crews battle blaze at Yarra Valley golf club

A community advice warning has been issued for smoke near the town of Yering,as police investigate how the clubhouse was razed by fire.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Driver accelerated into cars after hitting pedestrians on Bourke Street,police say
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Roads

Driver accelerated into cars after hitting pedestrians on Bourke Street,police say

One man died and five people were injured in Friday night’s crash. Police said the driver involved,a 26-year-old man,remains in hospital under police guard,but they do not believe the incident is terror related.

  • byAshleigh McMillan,Max Walden,Alex Crowe andAnnika Smethurst
Elderly man killed in fire that razed units at retirement village
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Victoria

Elderly man killed in fire that razed units at retirement village

An elderly man was killed,while his wife and neighbours managed to escape their burning homes after a fire broke out at a Kilmore retirement village.

  • byAlex Crowe andDavid Estcourt
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Warning over emergency response as state axes consultation with volunteers

Warning over emergency response as state axes consultation with volunteers

Emergency services volunteers say the sudden decision to end a consultative forum will worsen morale and lead to declining numbers in the unpaid workforce.

  • byRachel Eddie andSumeyya Ilanbey
What to do in an earthquake

What to do in an earthquake

This is advice issued by the Victorian SES on what to do in an earthquake,including aftershocks.

  • byMichael Bachelard
Dramatic vision captures moment one of Melbourne’s worst industrial fires erupted
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Waste

Dramatic vision captures moment one of Melbourne’s worst industrial fires erupted

The security footage shows a factory worker catch alight and run from the scene as the toxic chemical fire erupts. The four-day fire was one of Victoria’s worst industrial blazes and left a huge clean-up bill,which is yet to be paid.

  • byChris Vedelago
From helicopter to hospital:Inside the ER in the aftermath of the Exford school bus crash

From helicopter to hospital:Inside the ER in the aftermath of the Exford school bus crash

When the six most critical children pulled from the wreckage of a school bus arrived at the Royal Children’s Hospital they were quiet. And that,says the hospital’s head surgeon,was reassuring.

  • byHenrietta Cook
Engine lost power in chopper that crashed into homes near Moorabbin Airport

Engine lost power in chopper that crashed into homes near Moorabbin Airport

A safety bureau report.says a student pilot of a light helicopter that crashed into homes near Moorabbin Airport passed two suitable forced landing sites as he tried to troubleshoot a reduction in engine performance.

  • byKaitlyn Offer