Road Toll
‘Someone will eventually be killed’: The decades-long call for a local truck bypass
An average of 50 trucks an hour drive down the main street of Lang Lang, a small town between Melbourne and Phillip Island that is a major raw material provider.
- Gemma Grant
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‘Dangerous, intrusive, relentless’: Push for fresh crackdown at this hoon hotspot
One resident near Yarra Boulevard says he calls Triple Zero five times a week, while the City of Boroondara mayor likens the noise to the grand prix.
- Rachael Ward
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- Drugs
‘Flooded with cocaine’: One in four injured drivers is high on drugs
Victorian drivers are increasingly using cocaine and highly potent synthetic drugs, a world-first study has found, prompting warnings that Australia has become a “honey pot” for drug trafficking.
- Melissa Cunningham
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
- Patrick Hatch
Driver who killed toddler after running red light could be free in 15 months
Three-year-old Mila Wang was on a pedestrian crossing in Melbourne’s south-east when she was fatally hit by a car.
- Tara Cosoleto
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Three killed in catastrophic truck crash in south-west Victoria
Police said a three-year-old boy and his parents were killed after their car drove into the path of a truck.
- Alexander Darling and Isabel McMillan
The first part of the West Gate Tunnel Project opens on Monday. Here’s what you need to know
The 1.5-kilometre extension of Wurundjeri Way in Docklands will connect Dynon Road in Footscray to Flinders Street in Docklands, creating the first new city bypass in 25 years.
- Ashleigh McMillan
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Two women killed on Hume Freeway while trying to help injured kangaroo
Police said the women, both 30, were struck by a car at ‘relatively high speed’ after they hit a kangaroo on a freeway and stopped to help it.
- Alexander Darling and Shelby Garlick
School zones, city streets set for 30km/h under new speed limit rules
Road safety experts have praised the slower speed limits as an overdue move to prevent deaths and serious injury.
- Patrick Hatch
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- Tragedy
‘He meant the world to them’: Grandparents’ final act to save toddler in fatal crash
Vicky’s parents had moved to Melbourne only five months ago, wishing to spend their retirement close to their only grandchild. Both died after a car hit them while walking with the boy from a playground.
- Hannah Hammoud