Tag: Inverell
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71-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED IN CRASH NEAR INVERELL
An elderly man has died, after the car he was travelling in left the road and hit a tree near Inverell in the state’s north west. Emergency services were called to the Gwydir Highway at around 11 o’clock on Saturday morning, after reports a Ford Falcon had crashed. The driver of the station wagon, a…
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FIRE AT TINGHA DOWNGRADED TO “WATCH AND ACT”
*UPDATE* Gilgai Firefighters are working on the eastern side of Gilgai in the vicinity of the Inverell Airport and Ponds Creek area. Crews are working to slow the spread of the fire, assisted by aircraft. Old Mill Crews are conducting backburns on the eastern side of Old Mill. This will extend to Old Armidale Road.…
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OFFICER HIT DURING INVERELL ROADSIDE DRUG TEST
A man remains in custody after allegedly ramming a police officer with his car following a roadside drug test in Inverell. Officers say after informing the driver he had tested positive and was under arrest, the 23-year-old drove off at speed collecting the officer on the bonnet. It’s alleged he continued driving before eventually stopping,…
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21-YEAR-OLD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT INVERELL
Police are appealing for public assistance, after a woman was sexually assaulted at Inverell in the state’s north west. Officers have been told a 21-year-old woman was walking through Lions Park just after midnight on Saturday, when she was struck over the head and sexually assaulted by a man. The offender is described as being…
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MP PUSHES FOR DOG SQUAD TO BE BASED AT INVERELL
Inverell could soon be home to a dog squad unit – if the state member gets his way. Adam Marshall says now is the perfect time for the New South Wales Police Commissioner to allocate resources to Inverell, as planning for a new station nears completion.
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MAN STABLE AFTER NORTH WEST MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT
A 31-year-old man has been treated for head injuries, after a motorcycle accident in the state’s north west. Emergency services responded to the accident at Ashford, north of Inverell early this morning. The injured man was taken by road ambulance to Inverell Airport, before being flown to Tamworth. He was reported to be in a…
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INVERELL HOSPITAL WORKS BEGIN NEXT MONTH
The successful tenderer for stage one of the $60-million Inverell Hospital redevelopment has been announced. Richard Crookes Construction will take on the project…and local contractors could be getting the call-up.
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ONE STABBED IN INVERELL BRAWL
Two men will front court after a man was allegedly stabbed in a brawl in the north of New South Wales. Police say five men become involved in a fight at a hotel in Byron Street in Inverell, shortly after 1am yesterday. Three men, aged 32, 45 and 60, were injured during the fight. The…
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AMMO AND FIREARM ACCESSORIES ALLEGEDLY SEIZED DURING VEHICLE STOP
A woman and a teenage boy have been charged after police allegedly found ammunition and firearm accessories in a vehicle stop in the north west. Police initially responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle on Elsmore Road in Elsmore, 10km east of Inverell, around 8:30 yesterday morning. The vehicle, an allegedly stolen white Ford Falcon…
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QUEENSLANDER DIES IN INVERELL CAR CRASH
A 22-year-old Queensland man died in a car crash about 100km north of Inverell last night. Shortly before 11pm on Friday, the man was driving his utility along the Bruxner Highway, near Yetman, when the vehicle left the road and rolled before hitting a tree. The man died at the scene. A report will be…