Well-known Circular Head footballer Damien Medwin has been remembered as ‘everyone’s mate’ after passing away in a car crash over the weekend. The 38-year-old had a decorated career, playing for eight clubs across seven competitions, including over 200 senior NWFL games. In a tribute, The Forest-Stanley Football Club said “words can’t describe the pain of the loss […]
Mon Aug 28, 2023 - 1:35pmA man has died and a woman has been injured after crashing into a power pole in Launceston in the early hours of this morning. The crash on Faraday Street in Ravenswood saw the car leave the road and collide with the pole around 3:20am on Monday. Police say officers pronounced a 36-year-old male deceased at […]
Mon Aug 28, 2023 - 7:47amA 38-year-old man has died after crashing into water near Forest in Circular Head overnight. Police were called to the scene at around 9:30am this morning where they found the vehicle had left Backline Road and crashed into a ‘body of water’. The circumstances surrounding the crash are not yet known. A report will be […]
Sun Aug 27, 2023 - 1:00pmAn American motorcyclist who was killed while taking part in the British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania’s annual Tassie Tour rally on the East Coast last year was “travelling too fast”, a coroner has found. 70-year-old construction company chairman Steve Dishman was visiting the state from Houston when the incident occurred in late March 2022. An experienced motorcycle rider, Dishman […]
Thu Aug 24, 2023 - 5:00amA bus has crashed through a fence and ended up in a garden after crossing onto the wrong side of the East Derwent Highway this morning. Photos from the scene show the bus stopped in a bush just metres from a residential home. Pulse understands the driver of the bus had left it parked, before […]
Wed Aug 23, 2023 - 9:30amA 26-year-old Southern Tasmanian woman will stand trial over a crash that killed a tourist on the Arthur Highway earlier this year. In the Hobart Magistrates Court this morning, Storm Cecilia Tientjes pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and other traffic offences. The 26-year-old is accused of causing the crash near Copping over the […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 12:30pmLaunceston was thrown into traffic chaos today following a three-car collision in Kings Meadows. The crash left the busy Hobart Road closed and debris strewn across the street. Eyewitnesses told 7 Tasmania a Mitsubishi sedan rear-ended two other cars before crashing into a brick wall. Bystanders quickly stepped in to assist and control traffic until […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 6:18pmA Richmond man had more than four times the legal alcohol limit in his blood when he slammed into a power pole and wrote off his car this afternoon. The 44-year-old driver was the sole occupant of the RAV4 when he crashed on Brinktop Road on Friday. Police at the scene told Pulse the crash […]
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 4:00pmA Burnie family have been left “terrified and traumatised” after a parked van rolled down a hill, through a fence and into their home this week. The family say they were watching TV when the van crashed into their lounge room wall, “one foot away” from where they were sitting. In a statement to Pulse, […]
Thu Aug 17, 2023 - 2:53pmA 20-year-old woman has been charged over a crash that killed four horses and left five people with injures on the Batman Highway earlier this year. Seven months on from the 30 January crash, the Rowella woman is facing various charges including causing harm by negligent driving, not ensuring seat belt use, driving without due […]
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