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Motorcyclist was drunk, speeding in fatal Midlands Highway crash: Coroner

A coroner has found that a young man killed in a motorcycle crash in 2021 was more than four times the legal alcohol limit and speeding at the time of the crash. The unidentified Launceston man was seen overtaking vehicles at about 200km/h before the November crash, estimated to have been travelling at a minimum of […]

Wed Oct 11, 2023 - 4:00am
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32 killed an hour: Plea to save wildlife on Tasmanian roads

Hobart’s Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary have put the call out this Animal Road Accident Awareness Day to encourage Tasmanian drivers to slow down from dusk to dawn. Teaming up with the RACT, Bonorong’s dedicated wildlife rescuers say the roadkill crisis plaguing Tasmania is ‘alarming’. A month-long campaign has been launched, aimed at encouraging drivers to exercise […]

Tue Oct 10, 2023 - 5:11pm
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Search called off for missing Deloraine fisherman

Police have formally suspended the search for missing Tasmanian fisherman Kerry Frankcombe today. 75-year-old Frankcombe was reported missing on 10 September after he failed to return from a fishing trip in the Port Sorell area. His 6-metre half cab vessel was located unmanned and adrift around 12km from the coast of Beechford early the next […]

Tue Oct 10, 2023 - 4:33pm
Road Incidents

Woman dies, two seriously injured in horror Brooker Highway crash

A woman has died and two others have been injured after a horror crash on Hobart’s Brooker Highway overnight. Police say the female driver of a green Mazda demio passed away at the scene shortly after 9pm on Monday. Initial indications suggest the woman was travelling south up the northbound lane when she collided with […]

Tue Oct 10, 2023 - 5:58am
Road Incidents

Several reportedly injured in serious Brooker Highway crash

Pulse understands several people have been ‘seriously injured’ in a crash on the Brooker Highway near Queens Domain tonight. Dozens of Police officers, paramedics and firefighters are currently on the scene of the crash, which is blocking both northbound lanes of the highway. Police say “extensive closures” are expected into the night and “no traffic” […]

Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 9:30pm
Coroner Reports

Ambulance Tasmania’s dispatch error leads to tragic death of heart attack victim

A Tasmanian man died after an ambulance was not sent to him despite his wife calling triple-0 and reporting symptoms consistent with a heart attack. 65-year-old Anton Lukacevich died on January 25 last year after experiencing a heart attack at a relative’s home in Mangalore, north of Hobart. Coroner Simon Cooper found that Mr Lukacevich’s […]

Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 2:30pm