Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
Lilydale
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Lilly’s shot wins bronze
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School student Lilly won bronze at the School Sport Victoria state championships in shot put. Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON
After only picking up the sport at the end of last term, St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School student Lilly has amazed with her bronze medal in shot put. Moving through all the levels of School Sport Victoria’s competition, Lilly landed herself a place in the state championships for the multiclass category. Reaching her personal best and scoring a bronze medal was just the start, as Lilly has now gained an invaluable amount of confidence. Born with an eye condition related to albinism, Lilly has grown up with low vision and has often been unable to participate in sport. But now she has dreams to keep going in shot put. Read more about Lilly’s story in sport, on page 42
Drug driver jailed By AAP A Lilydale born and raised ice affected driver whose licence had expired nearly a decade earlier, also had alcohol in his system when he smashed through a red light and hit a car at 159km/h before careening into a second vehicle. Matthew Dyer’s silver Saab was still doing
113km/h when he struck the second vehicle at a suburban intersection at Ferntree Gully in Melbourne’s outer east. Paramedics who were already waiting at the red light on 27 August last year tried desperately to save the life of Dyer’s passenger but Nicole Wollard died at the scene. Police were also quick to arrive. Just seconds earlier officers had ended their pursuit
of Dyer, concerned about his efforts to evade them. They had first detected the now 45-year-old on a radar device doing 94km/h in a 60km/h zone. The officer behind the wheel noticed his speed creep up to 110-115km/h in pursuit after performing a U-turn to follow and try to pull over Dyer.
Police stopped the pursuit just short of the intersection where the crash occurred, and could only watch as Dyer collided at high speed with the two vehicles. Dyer, who was on bail at the time, was jailed for 10 years and three months on Thursday 23 November by County Court Judge Trevor Wraight. Continued page 3
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