Tag: mid north coast
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POLICE INVESTIGATE FATAL CRASH NEAR TAREE
A Sydney man has died in a single-vehicle crash south of Taree overnight. The 49-year-old was travelling south along the Pacific Highway at Possum Brush at around 10:30 last night, when his car left the road on a right-hand bend. He careered through a fence and crashed into a tree. Emergency services arrived a short…
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LYDIA SARKS HOPES TO ‘CRASH THE SUPER BOWL’
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. And during this year’s game, a mid north coast face could grace American TV screens.
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MORE DETAILS REVEALED ABOUT HIGHWAY FATAL
Police have revealed the two people who were killed while driving along the Pacific Highway at Moorland, north of Taree yesterday, were a Queensland couple who were on their way home to Clontarf, near Brisbane. 54-year-old Sharon Thorogood and 59-year-old Vincent Thorogood died when their car ran off the highway, crashing into the barrier on…
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TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
There’s been a tragic end to 2014, with two people killed in a car crash north of Taree. The man and woman were travelling north along the Pacific Highway at Moorland just before 2pm, when their car left the road, hit a barrier and rolled down an embankment. Police say fatigue may have been a…
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25 YEARS SINCE AUSTRALIA’S WORST ROAD ACCIDENT
25 years ago today, 35 people were killed and dozens more injured when two buses collided at Clybucca, near Kempsey on the mid north coast. It remains Australia’s worst-ever road crash… forever etched in the minds of victims’ families, and the emergency services who attended the scene.
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HOMICIDE DETECTIVES JOIN SEARCH FOR WILLIAM TYRELL
Homicide detectives have joined the search for missing three-year-old William Tyrell. Detective Superintendent Michael Willing says his squad’s involvement is to ensure a “thorough investigation” – and that there’s “no evidence to suggest any particular scenario at this stage”. William disappeared from his grandmother’s home at Kendall, on the mid north coast, in September. Last…
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GRAND FINAL REMATCH FOR PORT UNITED AND WALLIS LAKE
Port United will open its 2015 season with a grand final rematch against Wallis Lake. The Mid North Coast Premier League draw has been released, ahead of the new year. It’ll see Camden Haven play Taree in round one. While Macleay Valley will take on Port FC and Old Bar go head-to-head with Kempsey. (VISION…
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MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
A man has undergone surgery at John Hunter Hospital, after suffering a fractured jaw and cuts to his face during an aggravated robbery at Taree. At around 1am this morning, two men asked for a lift from a 32-year-old Taiwanese man. During the trip, the men told him to stop the car near railway tracks,…
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SHOTS FIRED INTO COFFS HARBOUR HOME
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, after shots were fired into a home at Coffs Harbour. The home on Prince James Avenue was unoccupied when several shots were fired from a car at around 1am on Sunday. It’s unknown how many people were in the vehicle, which is believed to be a silver…
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TAREE GIRL AWARDED BY AMBULANCE NSW
PHOTO: Sha-Kayla with her mum Tanya and little sister La’Kasha. [divider] A young girl from Taree has been commended by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, for assisting her mother during a medical episode. 10-year-old Sha-Kayla Mudford remained on the phone to emergency services on September 24, while her father provided assistance to her…