Fatality – Rosny Bus Mall
Police can confirm that a man has died after being struck by a bus in the Rosny Bus mall at 1.30pm today. Tasmania Police, Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Fire Service all attended. A man believed to be aged 50-60 died at the scene as a result of his injuries. Tasmania Police investigators are currently conducting…
Arson – 30 Midden Road, Primrose Sands
At approximately 8:18pm on Monday, 13 July 2015, Tasmania Police and the Tasmanian Fire Service attended a structure fire at 30 Midden Road, Primrose Sands. Upon their arrival the dwelling (which is used as a family holiday home) was fully engulfed by flames. The fire was eventually brought under control; however, the structure was severely…
Emergency+ Smartphone App – Windows phone version launched
Today the Windows phone version of the Emergency+ smartphone app was launched at NSW Ambulance in Eveleigh, Sydney. The Department of Police and Emergency Management (DPEM) is proud to support Emergency+, Australia’s national emergency app which has been endorsed by state and territory governments. The app, which is free of charge, allows callers to pinpoint…
Arrests in relation to suspicious House Fires, Fairfax Terrace, New Norfolk
On Friday 10 July 2015, in the early hours of the morning, a house fire occurred at 48 Fairfax Terrace, New Norfolk causing an estimated $20,000 of damage. On Sunday 12 July 2015, in the early hours of the morning, a house fire occurred at 16 Fairfax Terrace, New Norfolk causing an estimated $180,000 of…
Single Vehicle Fatal Car Crash Old Forcett Road Dodges Ferry (12-Jul)
Approximately 11.50am on Sunday the 12th of July, 2015 a white Ford Mondeo hatch has been travelling in a general northerly direction on Old Forcett Road just past Okines Road Dodges Ferry. The vehicle has veered left and collided with a fence and small trees before coming to rest. The vehicle was being driven by…
House Fire at New Norfolk (12-Jul)
Police and Fire crews responded to a house fire in Fairfax Terrace, New Norfolk at approximately 1:00am today and the fire was extinguished. The premises has been unoccupied for the past couple of months. The fire was determined to be deliberately lit and a fire watch maintained overnight for investigators to examine in daylight. The…
Helicopter Mission Freycinet National Park (11-Jul)
On Saturday 11 July 2015 about 3 pm the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked to attend the Freycinet Peninsula, south of Wineglass Bay an injured male walker. The 44 year old male from Hobart had been walking along the track when he slipped and dislocated his shoulder. His walking partner preformed basic first aid and…
Fatal 4 Vehicle Collision at Burnie (9-Jul) – Name Released
Tasmania Police have released the name of the male person killed in yesterday’s multi-vehicle collision on the Bass Highway at Camdale. He was 40 year old Anthony Dean WEEKES from Verelle Street, Burnie. Mr WEEKES was killed when the Holden Clubsport he was a front seat passenger in lost control whilst overtaking an east bound…
Armed Robbery of Shorewell Pharmacy
Police are investigating an armed robbery which was committed at the Shorewell Pharmacy around 2pm this (Thursday) afternoon. Three female employees were working in the pharmacy when a male offender entered the shop and demanded that he be given the prescription drug, Oxycontin. He threatened the staff with a knife and he was able to…
Fatal 4 Vehicle Collision at Burnie (9-Jul)
At approximately 8.40am this morning, police and emergency services attended a multi-vehicle crash on the Bass Highway at Camdale. Investigations indicate an east-bound Holden Commodore Clubsport sedan was overtaking a fully-laden log truck just east of the East Cam Road junction when the driver, a 32-year-old woman believed to be from the Sisters Beach area,…