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Goodbye Indie: 'Love you to the moon and back'
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The family told of a girl who loved to play, run, swim in the ocean, flip upside down and be a "little second mum" to her younger brother Sunny.
Topics: death, road, community-and-society, family-and-children, children, maroochydore-4558, nambour-4560, brisbane-4000
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US teenager drives into a sinkhole after having license for a few weeks Video
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A 16-year-old driver in Minnesota had to climb out the back window of his car after he drove into a sinkhole following heavy rains.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, united-states
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Minnesota sinkhole swallows car driven by 16yo
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A 16-year-old driver in Minnesota is forced to climb out the back window of his car after driving into a sinkhole following heavy rains.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, road, weather, united-states
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Drivers horrified as melting bitumen captures cars like 'insects in a spider's web'
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Drivers will be compensated after their vehicles were caught "sinking" into a melting far north Queensland road, destroying their tyres and leaving them with hefty repair bills.
Topics: road, transport, human-interest, tablelands-4680, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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You're approaching an intersection. A child runs out. What happens next is up to technology
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Driverless cars could make our roads safer and reduce congestion. But the algorithms driving them will also have to make life-or-death decisions.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, laws, driver-education, road, disasters-and-accidents, road-transport, government-and-politics, australia
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Car crashes into two houses in Kardinya Video
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Police are investigating after a silver Suburu Forester crashed into a Kardinya house, then continued across a vacant block into the side of another house.
Topics: road, perth-6000
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Hit-and-run driver claims he fled because he 'feared for his safety'
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An NT court sentences a 51-year-old man to three years in jail after he hit and killed a young woman. The court rejected the argument that he was about to go talk to police when officers picked him up the next morning.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, road, alice-springs-0870
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Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700
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Revenue raising or saving lives?
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You may notice an increased police presence on the roads these school holidays. So why do police step up their efforts, and do fines actually reduce road fatalities?
Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700, yeppoon-4703, brisbane-4000
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Jason's Mum Tracey Rich says she supports the police's efforts to reduce road fatalities image
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Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700
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Revenue raising or saving lives? image
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Why do the police target drivers on school holidays and do fines reduce road fatalities?
Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700
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Police are stepping up during school holidays image
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Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700
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Senior Constable of the Rockhampton Road Policing Command James Purbrick image
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Topics: police, road, rockhampton-4700
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Bus crash in northern India kills at least 48 people Video
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At least 48 people are dead after an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road and into a gorge in northern India, according to officials.
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At least 48 killed in bus crash in northern India
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A bus with people "packed like sardines" plunges off a mountain road and into a 213-metre deep gorge in northern India, killing at least 48 people, according to officials.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, road, india, asia
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Walk home from only legal drinking spot in remote NT community claims six lives
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Half a dozen deaths have occurred in the past decade on a small stretch of highway, 300 kilometres south-east of Darwin, and residents say they can all be linked to a policy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm.
Topics: alcohol, health, road, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, barunga-0852
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From all perspectives... image
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Topics: police, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, eumundi-4562
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Eumundi fatality June 2018 image
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Topics: police, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, eumundi-4562
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Police officer's plea to motorists image
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Topics: police, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, eumundi-4562
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Chart of the day: Where's the most dangerous place to drive in Australia?
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The Northern Territory's road safety record is a remarkable outlier.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, death, australia, nt
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Kindness of strangers at fatal crash leaves police officer 'in awe'
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A country Queensland cop left 'in awe' of complete strangers who comforted a dying man at a road crash has written an emotional, confronting letter to the community.
Topics: police, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, information-and-communication, social-media, community-and-society, family, human-interest, eumundi-4562, brisbane-4000, gympie-4570
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A multi-car crash on the Kwinana Freeway Video
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A serious crash involving several cars and a truck has caused massive traffic problems on the Kwinana Freeway in Perth.
Topics: road, perth-6000
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Multi-vehicle crash shuts Kwinana Freeway as motorist trapped under truck (photos)
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An accident on the Kwinana Freeway in which a car was crushed by a truck causes severe delays to Perth peak-hour commuters and leaves a 27-year-old woman in a serious condition in hospital.
Topics: accidents, road, success-6164
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CCTV footage of a man wanted for a Melbourne hit and run Video
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Victoria Police release CCTV vision of a man wanted in connection with a hit and run incident in Melbourne's CBD on Tuesday.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, road, melbourne-3000
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Police hunt suspect over Melbourne CBD driving rampage (photos)
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Police release CCTV vision of a man wanted over a series of hit-and-runs in Melbourne's CBD on Tuesday, in an incident police have described as reckless and mind-numbing.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000, vic
