Tag: pacific highway
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WILLIAM TYRRELL TO FEATURE ON MID NORTH COAST BILLBOARDS
Motorists on the Pacific Highway are the focus of the latest effort to locate William Tyrrell, who vanished from Kendall on the mid north coast 10 months ago. From tomorrow, roadside billboards will form part of a strategic campaign to find the four-year-old.
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BILLBOARDS TO HELP SEARCH FOR WILLIAM TYRRELL
Billboards alongside the Pacific Highway will be plastered with the image of missing toddler, William Tyrrell. Motorists will be reminded of William, who disappeared from his grandmother’s yard in Kendall 10 months ago. The billboard space and printing has been donated. Featuring a photograph of 4-year-old William, the boards will be along the highway just…
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TRUCK ROLLED AT RICHMOND VALLEY
A truck driver has been seriously injured in a heavy vehicle crash in the Richmond Valley this morning. A B-double carrying cargo rolled on its side on the Pacific Highway, 200m north of Woodburn. The male driver was found on the road, unconscious with head injuries. He was taken by NSW Ambulance paramedics to hospital…
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WOMAN DIES AFTER TWO-CAR CRASH ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY
A woman has died and five people were injured in a crash between two vehicles this morning in the Northern Rivers area. Police and emergency services were called to a section of the Pacific Highway at Broadwater at about 9:30, after two vehicles collided head-on. Emergency services are still working to free a man in…
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES
Two elderly people have died, following a head-on car crash south of Bulahdelah. Emergency services were called to the Pacific Highway near Nerong at around 10am. Police say a Mazda, which was travelling north, crossed to the wrong side of the road and collided with a Toyota Hilux. The 72-year-old driver of the Mazda and…
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ULTRA-LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES WEST OF BYRON BAY
An ultra-light aircraft crashed west of Byron Bay early this morning. A witness alerted police at about 8am when he saw the aircraft drop out of sight near Tyagarah. The crash site was found about 200m off the Pacific Highway shortly after. The male pilot is reported to be conscious but suffering suspected fractures.
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INDIGENOUS TRAINEES WORK ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE
A group of indigenous trainees studying a Certificate Three in Civil Construction, have been given the opportunity to work on the Pacific Highway duplication. The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion and Federal Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker inspected the Kundabung to Kempsey upgrade on Wednesday morning, meeting the five locals who will take…
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POLICE FIND SUITCASE OF CASH IN CAR
A woman will face court next month after police found more than $71,000 in her car near Forster. At around 11:30 last night, officers pulled over a Toyota Kluger along the Pacific Highway at Nabaic. The 38-year-old driver from Greenacre, who was travelling with four children in the car, was allegedly doing 128 kilometres per…
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LUCKY ESCAPE FOR TRUCK DRIVER
A truck driver has had a lucky escape, after his b-double burst into flames north of Coffs Harbour. He was traveling along the Pacific Highway at Halfway Creek at around 1am, when a fellow truck driver noticed smoke and radioed the man to pull over. Within minutes, the rig was engulfed in flames. A local…
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CYCLIST HIT BY CAR ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY
A 42-year-old cyclist is recovering in hospital, after being hit by a car in Port Macquarie on Thursday morning. Emergency services were called to the Pacific Highway at around 9am, following reports of a collision. Police are investigating what caused the accident.