Officers from the Major Crash Investigation Section have charged a 22-year-old man in relation to a fatal crash that occurred in Gledhow, Albany, on Friday, 1 May 2026. It is alleged that about 4.55pm, the accused was driving a Nissan Patrol SUV along Menang Drive and lost control of the vehicle at the intersection of Roundhay Street, causing it to roll onto its side. A 22-year-old male passenger sustained critical injuries from the crash and was conveyed to Albany Hospital, where he sadly died...

A 22-year-old Devonport man has been charged with a number of drug and weapon offences following a vehicle intercept and subsequent searches on Sunday 26 April 2026. Task Force Scelus members intercepted the vehicle in Latrobe. A search of the vehicle and its occupants was conducted, during which police located a quantity of drugs. As a result of the intercept, police obtained and executed search warrants at two addresses in Latrobe. During the searches police located MDMA, Ketamine, methylamphe...

A teenager has been charged followed an alleged unlawful use of a motor vehicle in Woodridge. Police will allege around 11pm, 24 April, an unknown offender gained entry to a house on Jessica Boulevard, Minyama, stole keys to a blue Mustang and fled in the vehicle. The vehicle was then sighted in Broadbeach Waters around midday and throughout the afternoon in the Gold Coast and Logan. At 5.30pm PolAir, tracked the vehicle from the Gateway Motorway onto the Logan Motorway. At 7.05pm police success...

Strike Force Trident has arrested three youths in relation to stolen motor vehicles near Darwin overnight. Around 1:40am on Monday, an off-duty member received information that two Nissan Navaras and a Toyota Hilux were performing burnouts near a hostel on Batten Road, Marrara. The vehicles were allegedly stolen. Trident units and General Duties were deployed and located the Toyota Hilux abandoned on Amy Johnson Avenue nearby burnout marks on the roadway, and the Nissan Navara was also located b...

Forensic Crash Unit Officers are investigating a serious three vehicle traffic crash at Mount Tambourine today. Preliminary investigations indicate at 10.38am car was heading east on Tamborine Mountain Road when it has collided with a motorcycle and a car travelling in the opposite direction. The motorcyclist, both drivers and three passengers were all transported to hospital, two people are in a critical condition. Investigators are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant footage to con...

A man has died after a crash in the state’s north overnight. About 9:15pm today (Sunday 5 April 2026), emergency services were called to Cullingral Road, Merriwa (approximately 70km north west of Muswellbrook), following reports of a crash. On arrival, officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District located a single vehicle which had left the road, before crashing into an embankment. NSW Ambulance paramedics attempted to treat a man – however; he died at the scene. He is yet to be for...

Electric vehicles (EVs) can effectively serve as mobile batteries that provide energy to the power grid when not being driven, improving the reliability of the grid, serving as a source of backup power and potentially reducing energy and EV ownership costs. So why have so few places adopted the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) model? A new study details the barriers to V2G adoption and outlines possible paths forward for this technology. “Most people are unfamiliar with the idea of what V2G is or how...

Forensic Crash Unit are investigating following a single vehicle traffic crash in Bellmere this morning, 15 March. Police and emergency services were called to Bellmere Road just before 9am in relation to a single motorcycle crash. Initial investigations indicate a black Kawasaki motorcycle has failed to negotiate a corner at the intersection of Bellmere Road and River Drive. The motorcycle has struck the centre medium strip, crashing through a fence and into a shed at the rear of a Daintree Str...

Queenstown Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in stealing two vehicles and damaging two others. The vehicles were seen in the Lake Hayes Estate and Lower Shotover areas overnight on Saturday 7 March and into the early hours of Sunday 8 March. Senior Sergeant Glenn Wilkinson, Area Response Manager says at about 1.40am on Sunday morning Police received a call from a resident in Lake Hayes Estate who had heard two cars speeding and what sounded like a cr...