NEWS DESK
App leads rescuers to paddle-less kayacker
Police leave Padua College, Mornington after the bomb threat was declared a hoax. Picture: Gary Sissons
Hoax bomb threat at Padua A HOAX automated email bomb threat caused the evacuation of all three Padua campuses yesterday (Monday) morning. Students at Tyabb, Rosebud and Mornington were ordered out under the school’s emergency action plan. Police attended and “resolved the issue, believing it to be a hoax”, school spokesperson Marcelle Ryan said in an email to parents just before 1pm. “The safety of our students and staff is always our first priority and has now been assured. We have now resumed our normal daily timetable.”
Motorcyclist dies A MOTORCYCLIST died in a crash at Crib Point Tuesday afternoon. Police believe the Hastings man, 54, was riding along The Esplanade into Woolley’s Rd when he lost control, falling onto the road and coming to rest in a ditch at 2.15pm. He died later in hospital.
A WESTERN Port kayaker was being blown out to sea towards the Nobbies when rescued by Volunteer Marine Rescue, Sunday afternoon, 22 May. The man’s worried wife, watching from The Pines beach, Shoreham, alerted emergency services that he was in trouble in the strong northerly winds. The 49-year-old, of Balnarring, was picked up by the rescue crews in what they described as “atrocious” conditions and taken back to Flinders pier for an emotional reunion. The rescue service’s Graeme McGillivray said the kayaker had left Balnarring beach and paddled to meet his wife and child at Shoreham. He started paddling back but the tide had turned and was running at six knots towards the heads and winds had picked up to 20 knots. The man had lost his paddle, which was not tethered to the kayak, and was “running very scared straight out to sea”, Mr McGillivray said.
Leading Senior Constable Lee Thomson, of police media, is appealing for witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or file a confidential report at crimestoppersvic.com.au Total lives lost this year is 114 compared to 100 at this time last year.
Car hits tree A 23-YEAR-OLD Somerville man died when
“His wife dialled the [mobile phone] app Find-My-iPhone which tracked his distance and direction as being one-fifth of the way out to The Nobbies [off Phillip Island]. She was brilliant. “I went to my phone and we plotted the course and the Air Wing did the same. “When we arrived they were hovering overhead and the Water Police were following. “He was a very lucky man; he did the right thing and stayed with his kayak and had his mobile phone in a waterproof bag, but he should have had his paddle tethered. “If he had had his paddled he would not have been in danger. “We took him on board and kept him warm and dropped him at Flinders pier where he was met by his wife and daughter. “It was a very emotional time and his wife didn’t say anything to us but her face said thank you in a very special way.” Acting Sergeant Ben Penrose, of the Water Police, said the man was wearing a life jacket. Steve Taylor
his car hit a tree beside the Tyabb-Tooradin Rd, Somerville, Monday afternoon. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
False alarm over ‘bomb’ THE Bomb Response Unit was called out to assess a suspicious package found beside Hodgins Rd, Hastings, 4pm, Monday 16 May. The package reported to police by a passing
Mower business robbed HASTINGS Mowers was burgled during the early hours of Monday 16 May. Two men in disguise forced their way into the business on Frankston-Flinders Rd and stole several Husqvarna chainsaws and Honda generators valued at several thousand dollars. CCTV footage shows them driving a champagne or silver coloured VX Holden Commodore (pictured) with distinctive black mag wheels, black tow ball and custom interior. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000, or Leading Detective Senior Constable Rohan Brock, Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit, 59781400. pedestrian was wrapped in paper with sprouting wires and a clock attached. The four-member bomb squad deployed its robot which x-rayed the package and declared it a hoax. “It was a mischievous prank – a waste of time, but the squad had to go through the whole process to determine it was safe,” Sergeant Peter Drake, of Mornington Peninsula CIU, said Wednesday.
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