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Elderly couple die in ‘pact’
Chopper rescue POLICE say a Lilydale man was lucky not to be seriously injured when he tripped and fell while walking at The Pillars, Mt Martha, on Cup Day. The 63-year-old injured his shoulder when he tripped and fell onto “jagged and sharp” rocks about 2pm. Acting Sergeant Ray Box, of Mornington CIU, said a rock fisherman saw the man lying injured in a wedgeshaped depression after his fall and called Triple 000. “The tide was coming in and he was getting splashed by the waves so there was no time to lose,” he said. Ambulance crews called to the scene had to wait for the police helicopter to arrive from the West Gate Bridge – 15 minutes away – because of the difficulty in reaching the man. A chopper crewman was then winched down to put a rescue harness on the man, who was flown to Mt Martha Primary School oval and taken by road to Frankston Hospital. He was said to be in a satisfactory condition on Thursday.
Roundabout Cup Tragic scene: Police manage traffic near the elderly couple’s house. Picture: Yanni
Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE driveway of a house in a quiet Rosebud street was the scene of a supposed suicide pact between an elderly couple, Thursday afternoon, 3 November. A neighbour found the couple – in
their mid-80s – inside their car in Adams Av, 4.30pm, with the woman dead and the man critically injured. The woman had been shot and the man was suffering life-threatening injuries from a 0.22 calibre gunshot wound. It is believed he shot the woman and then reloaded and shot himself. The man was airlifted from the Olympic oval, Rosebud, to The Alfred
hospital where he later died. Investigators do not believe a third party was involved. The investigation is ongoing. Sergeant Michael Shearman, of Rosebud police, said it was believed the couple was suffering a terminal illness and had “got their affairs in order”, before ending their lives in their car.
“They had dropped off their dog in their daughter’s backyard,” he said. It is not suggested the daughter knew of the pact. Police are preparing a report for the coroner on the incident. For support and information about suicide prevention, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467.
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A WOMAN who drove the wrong way around a roundabout in Hastings on Cup Day had a blood alcohol reading of more than double the legal limit. A motorist alerted police after the woman, 75, was seen driving erratically. Police found her on the wrong side of a roundabout at the intersection of Frankston-Flinders Rd and High St, 5pm. The Hastings woman told police she had been drinking at a race day function at her bowls club. After showing a blood alcohol reading of 0.122 per cent, she was fined $661 and her licence cancelled for 12 months.
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MORNINGTON PENINSULA’S NO.1 Mornington News 8 November 2016
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