Serious Pedestrian / Motor Vehicle Crash On Goodwood Road Goodwood
A 47 year old male from Queensland is in the Royal Hobart Hospital with serious head and chest injuries after being struck by a car. The crash occurred at 10.50am on Sunday the 10 November 2019, on Goodwood Road, Goodwood. The driver of a Kia Sorento Hatchback involved in the crash was a 31 year…
Motor Vehicle Crash on Main Street, Sheffield
On Saturday 9th November 2019 at 16:08hrs emergency services responded to a motor vehicle accident on Main Street, Sheffield. Initial reports indicated that a single vehicle had rolled over and there were multiple people trapped within the vehicle. On emergency services attendance it was ascertained a green 4×4, had been travelling west on Main Street,…
Rescue Overland Track – Windermere Hut
On Saturday 9th November 2019 at 1515hrs emergency services were notified of the activation of 2x EPIRBs on the overland track in the Lake St Clair – Cradle Mountain NP. Due to the poor weather conditions, including further recent snow fall in the area, Police Land Search and Rescue teams were deployed to the area,…
Two Offenders Charged Out Of Incident Involving Injuries To Police Officer On Friday 8 November 2019
This media release is a supplementary media release – update to that issued yesterday relating to the stolen motor vehicle and Evade incident at Risdon Vale yesterday where the police officer was injured. A 16 year old Gagebrook youth has been charged with Motor Vehicle Stealing (x2), Burglary and Stealing and Possession of Stolen Property.…
Serious crash – Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach
Approximately 4:30pm on Saturday 9th November, 2019, police and emergency services were called to the scene of a serious two vehicle crash between a 4WD and an off-road motorcycle on Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach. The 25 year old male motorcycle rider was transported to the Launceston General Hospital by ambulance with serious but non-life…
Police seek public sightings of Nissan Pulsar driving erratically before it evaded police and hit a police officer in Risdon Vale
Police are seeking public sightings of a red Nissan Pulsar travelling between Brighton and Risdon Vale today before it struck a police officer and was intercepted on the East Derwent Highway. The red Nissan Pulsar, registration DM1145, was reported to police as stolen from Sorell overnight. Around 12noon today police observed the stolen Pulsar being…
Police retrieve missing hiker from central plateau
Police on board the Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescued a missing hiker from the Lake Mackenzie area on the state’s central plateau this afternoon. The 59-year-old Victorian hiker was reported missing to Tasmania Police last night by concerned relatives in Victoria after he failed to return his rental car and catch his flight home. The man…
WA Woman arrested and charged last night for Launceston murder
Police last night arrested and charged a 46-year-old woman in Bunbury, Western Australian on suspicion of the murder of a 71-year-old Launceston woman she had been living with. The body of 71-year-old woman, Veronica Corstorphine, was discovered by police at her address in Keane St, South Launceston on 29 October, with the murder now believed…
Emergency Beacon Activation – Cradle Mountain
Police are urging bushwalkers to be aware of weather conditions and forecasts following a rescue of two adults and an infant from the Overland Track at Cradle Mountain today. The stranded party were found to be extremely cold and wet, but not physically injured. Around 7.30am today police responded to an Emergency Beacon activated from…
Second man charged in relation to Aggravated Armed Robbery in Chigwell on 24 October
Police have arrested and charged the second offender involved in an armed robbery at a Chigwell residence on 24 October where a man was struck to the head and received a head wound. The 30-year-old man from Moonah was charged with Aggravated Armed Robbery and appeared before the Hobart Magistrates Court where bail was refused.…