Investigation into Claremont truck crash concluded
Police have concluded an investigation into the truck crash on the Brooker Highway at Claremont that occurred on 17 October 2021. Initial enquires indicated a rock had been thrown from an overpass at Box Hill Road and went through the windscreen of a north bound truck, rendering the driver unconscious and resulted in the truck…
COVID Hotel Absconder Charged
Just before 5.30pm a man was apprehended by police after he absconded while being transferred between quarantine hotels. The 25 year old had been identified as an unauthorised traveller when he arrived in the state on 25 October, and placed into hotel quarantine. He was being transferred from the Ibis to the Travelodge Hobart Airport…
Primary school child struck by vehicle, East Devonport
At 3.15pm today a primary school child was struck by a slow-moving vehicle as they exited their bus in East Devonport. The child suffered minor injuries and was transported by Ambulance to hospital as a precaution only. Contributing to this fortunate result of only minor injuries was the attention of the driver of the vehicle,…
$500,000 reward offered to help solve a 43 year old cold case
Tasmania Police is offering a $500,000 reward to anyone with credible information that can help investigators find Darlene Avis Geertsema and uncover the truth about what happened to her the night she disappeared from her Devonport home 43 years ago. Darlene, 30, was last seen leaving the family home in Best Street, Devonport around 10pm…
Bushwalker safety
Police are reiterating the importance of being properly prepared when bushwalking, after the successful retrieval of two people from the South Coast Track in Tasmania’s south west today. Emergency services, including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, responded after a Personal Locator Beacon was activated shortly after 10am. The PLB was registered with up to date details,…
Fatal ATV crash – Wayatinah
At approximately 3.15am on Sunday 31 October 2021 police and emergency services arrived at the scene of a fatal crash involving a Polaris four wheeler side by side ATV. The scene of the crash was on a gravel road, Father of Marshes Road, off Catagunya Road, Wayatinah Sadly an 18 year old male from…
North-West search suspended
The search for a missing man and an overdue vessel in North West Tasmania has been suspended. An area of anomaly on the seabed near the coastline identified as part of a two-day sonar survey was investigated and determined to be unrelated to the missing man and vessel. Inspector Steve Jones said that the 11…
Students rescued from Arthur River
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has today safely extracted a group of five students and an experienced guide who became stranded on one side of the Arthur River in the vicinity of West Takone on Tasmania’s west coast late yesterday afternoon. The helicopter crew winched the group to safety and returned the party to Wynyard where…
Death of Rider on the St Helens Mountain Bike Trails
About 4.13pm Friday 29 October 2021 Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Police were advised that there had been a serious crash involving a mountain bike rider in the vicinity of the St Helens Mountain Bike Trail Head on Flagstaff Road, St Helens. On arrival it was found that a 67-year-old male from the states north…
Man charged over Devonport chemist incident
A 32-year-old man has been charged with stealing with force, following an incident at a chemist in Devonport yesterday evening. Police were called to the store after staff activated the hold-up alarm about 6pm, after reportedly being threatened by the man. The man fled the scene and was located by police and arrested a short…