Police are calling on road users to take extra care on the roads with sun glare being investigated as the possible cause of a collision in Mornington this morning. A male cyclist was travelling north on the Nepean Highway about 8am when he was struck from behind by a motorist near the intersection with Belleura Road. The injured cyclist has been taken to hospital while the male driver of the car was physically uninjured. The driver told police that he couldn’t see the cyclist due to sun glare on the road. Members of the Somerville Highway Patrol are investigating the…
Day: June 29, 2016
A DROMANA man was taken to Frankston hospital after crashing his car into a power pole beside the Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston South, 2.52am, Friday 24 June. Senior Constable Evan Humber, of Frankston police, said the man, 28, appeared to have lost control of his red Ford sedan on a bend near Harrow Hill Ct, clipping the gutter and “becoming airborne for 20 metres”. The car came to rest chassis deep in an embankment. It was said to be a write-off. Acting Senior Sergeant John Anderson, of Mornington Peninsula Highway Patrol, said police were awaiting results of blood samples taken at…
Police have charged a man following the alleged theft of a CFA donation box from a service station in Baxter last month. The man allegedly attended the Peninsula Link service station and walked off with the donation box which contained an amount of cash on Sunday 15 May about 4.25am. A 40-year-old Mornington man has been charged with theft, prohibited person possess a firearm, burglary, fail to answer bail, traffic-related offences, intentionally cause injury and other assault-related offences. He has been remanded to appear at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 14 July.