NEWS DESK Police patrol
with Brodie Cowburn
Man critical after crash A MAN was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a horror car crash in Aspendale last week. The driver smashed his BMW sedan into a power pole on Station Street, Sunday 23 August. CPR was performed on the driver, who was unconscious after the crash. The man was taken to hospital in a critical condition. A passenger in the car, his son, did not suffer major physical injuries. Edithvale CFA and Chelsea SES crews attended the crash. Edithvale
CFA OIC Graham Fountain said “upon arrival within minutes of this afternoon’s call we were confronted with a vehicle that had hit and snapped off a power pole at ground level and then rolled, live power lines on the ground, bystanders performing CPR on an unconscious male driver, with his younger son who was the passenger in the vehicle suffering minor injuries.” “Edithvale CFA emergency medical response crews continued with CPR, defibrillation and airway management, working alongside Ambulance Victoria
upon their arrival. We would like to thank the bystanders, including a nurse and doctor, for their fantastic support at today’s event,” he said. Station Street was closed between First Avenue and Forth Avenue after the crash. Police are now investigating what caused the crash.
THE aftermath of a car crash in Aspendale. Picture: Gary Sissons
Teens arrested for alleged crime spree A GROUP of teenagers have been charged after an alleged crime spree across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne last week. Police charged four teenagers on 19 August after making a total of five arrests. Police arrested one girl and four males. The arrests relate to alleged offences including a theft and assault at a business on Thompsons Road in Patterson Lakes, aggravated burglaries in Governor Arthur Drive, Patterson Lakes and on Reflections Boulevard in Clyde North, an attempted aggravated burglary on Moxham Drive in Clyde North, and a theft of a motor vehicle in Cranbourne. The offences allegedly took place over a six hour period in the early hours on 19 August. Police spotted the allegedly stolen car driving in Cranbourne North and began pursuing it. The car stopped in Endeavour Hills and two people, an 18-year-old Narre Warren South man and a 19-year-old Hampton Park man, were arrested. They were charged with aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, attempted aggravated burglary, and theft from motor vehicle. Later that day, a 16-year-old girl was arrested and charged with 16 offences including aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and commit an indictable offence while on bail.
Police also arrested two boys, a 14-year-old from Cranbourne North and 16-year-old from Wonthaggi, at a Mulgrave house. The 14-year-old has been charged with 10 offences including aggravated burglary, and theft of motor car, and the 16-yearold boy was released pending further enquiries.
Thefts from cars A MAN has been arrested and charged after multiple thefts from motor vehicles this month. The offending allegedly took place between 8 August and 11 August. Later in the month, Moorabbin detectives arrested a man. The alleged offender was bailed to appear in the Magistrates Court in February next year. Information about thefts from cars can be sent to Detective Senior Constable Reeves at the Moorabbin crime investigation unit. Call 9556 6121 to report a crime.
Assault charge A FRANKSTON man has been arrested and charged after an alleged sexual assault. Police say that a woman was assaulted in the Kurrawa Linear Reserve in Patterson Lakes last month. On Monday, 17 August, the Bayside sexual offences and child abuse investigation team arrested a 20-year-old Frankston man and charged him with multiple offences. The alleged offender has been remanded into custody, and will appear on 13 November at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
26 August 2020