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Main Roads is extending the curb at the Mitchell Freeway Romeo Road interchange to prevent further tragedies.

Both deadly wrong-way Mitchell Freeway crashes Romeo Road-related, Main Roads confirms

Main Roads confirmed it was working on additional road safety treatments to prevent motorists wanting to travel south on the freeway from turning onto the northbound off-ramp.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Aidan Becker died at Mernda train station after trying to help a schoolboy.

Girl, 16, charged with assaulting police after Mernda train station hero stabbing

The 16-year-old is the fifth person charged following the death of good Samaritan Aidan Becker.

  • Angus Delaney
Airport staff inspect the wreckage of the Air Canada aircraft, with the remains of the fire truck shown to the left.

Controller cleared fire truck to cross runway seconds before fatal LaGuardia crash

Investigators are also probing why the controller on duty returned to work immediately after mistakenly sending a fire truck into the path of the Air Canada flight.

  • Josh Funk, John Seewer and Michael Sisak
Dayton James Webber has been accused of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument.

Quadruple amputee pro cornhole player fatally shoots man, authorities say

Dayton James Webber, 27, is facing murder charges after being accused of shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car that he was driving during an argument.

  • Audrey McAvoy
Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, were among those who died on the yacht.

The estate of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ ordered to pay $1.8 billion to US giant two years after his tragic death

Mike Lynch died alongside his daughter and five others when his superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily as he celebrated a legal win. Now his estate is facing bankruptcy.

  • James Titcomb
A woman has died after a car crashed into a home on the Gold Coast.

Elderly woman dies after car crashes into house

The car crashed into the brick exterior of the home, injuring the woman and the man behind the wheel.

  • Dominique Tassell
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Search and rescue crews retrieved a pair of 18-year-old hikers who fell down a cliff face on Mount Beerwah on Sunday.

Woman dies, partner fights for life after falling down cliff face

The hikers fell between 60 and 90 metres down the cliff, with police suspecting recent rain had made the track treacherous.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Aiden’s sister Siobhan, mother Nathalie, relative Emad and father Matthias, L to R.

Underneath a rail corridor, a mother shares the last words her son heard

About 3000 people gathered on Friday night to mourn 22-year-old Aidan Becker: the man who lost his life while trying to save a young stranger.

  • Cassandra Morgan
The Little Gems Early Learning Centre’s bumblebee room caters to children aged between two and three years.

Child’s death during daycare nap time leads to $15,000 fine

The two-year-old was found to have died from natural causes, but an investigation revealed numerous hazards at the centre.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Two teenagers died and a motorcyclist was hospitalised in the crash.

E-bike’s legality under examination after two teens die

Police said the teenagers were both riding the e-bike, which was hit head-on by the motorbike.

  • Dominique Tassell, Cameron Atfield and Felicity Caldwell