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Visa Probe Following Fairy Meadow Crash

Federal Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has ordered a probe into the trucking firm involved in the Fairy Meadow McDonald’s Restaurant crash in New South Wales. Speaking to 2GB radio presenter Ray Hadley, Dutton says information on low-profile firm Hari Om Transport and its recruitment strategy allegedly involving Indian student visa holders sparked the federal […]

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Defects Found Across Fleet after Fairy Meadow Crash

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A COMPANY has been sanctioned for allowing two unsafe vehicles to be driven in the wake of a serious crash at Fairy Meadow, near Wollongong, yesterday. This morning officers from the NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Traffic Task Force with the assistance of Roads and Maritime Inspectors, began inspecting the vehicles from the company’s fleet

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Truck Incident – Woman Killed after being Hit and Dragged

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A woman has died after she was hit and dragged by a truck in Melbourne’s east. Police and paramedics were called to Wattamolla Ridge in Donvale on Thursday at 7.20am. The woman was about to unload the truck with another man when the accident occurred, police said. “A truck, which had the excavator on an

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Out-of-control Truck Rams into Cars in Toowoomba

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SIX people have been taken to hospital after a truck allegedly lost control going down the Toowoomba range on Monday afternoon. A Queensland Police Service spokesman said emergency services received a phone call about the incident at about 1.05pm. “It looks like a truck was coming down the range and lost control for some unknown

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Authorities Investigate why Automated Tesla Crashed into Truck

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he National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a team of investigators to Delray Beach, Fla., to investigate a Friday morning crash that killed the driver of a Tesla Model 3. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is also investigating the crash. According to the preliminary report of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office obtained by Eletrek,

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Two People including a Toddler injured in Truck Crash

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A toddler and a 49-year-old woman are in hospital with serious injuries after a car they were passengers in collided with a prime mover and truck in Welshpool yesterday morning. About 10.40am a silver Suzuki hatchback smashed into the back of the white Kenworth prime mover and a blue Isuzu truck, both of which were

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Diesel Fumes Could be Putting Health at Risk

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EXPOSURE to high levels of diesel fumes could well be the next biggest occupational health threat since asbestos, exposing the Australian and world mining and trucking industries to multiple public liability claims says hydraulic engineer and inventor, Norm Mathers. Mr Mathers said world leading technology exists currently in Australia to reduce harmful diesel emissions, however

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Heavy Rigid Fatal Crashes Down

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The rate of fatal crashes involving heavy rigid trucks has declined over the past year after threatening to overtake articulated trucks, the latest Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) heavy vehicle fatal crash statistics show. The BITRE chart shows a parallel decline from the 2017 December quarter. For heavy rigids, this was the first

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Everything You Need to Know about Safe Lane Merging

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A ROAD rule, which in theory seems like it should be easy to follow, is infuriating drivers, with many Australians seemingly unable to get the hang of it. The laws around merging on our roads are pretty simple, and there are only two rules drivers need to remember. When a motorist is travelling in a

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Chain of Responsibility Update

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Truck drivers are often given a bad rap, especially when it comes to road safety but the truth is truck drivers are not the only ones responsible for safety of road freight. According to the chain of responsibility laws every person in the chain plays a part in road safety from the consignor to the

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Fatalities Involving Trucks Increase by 86% in 1 Year

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NSW truck deaths have increased by more than 86 per cent in 12 months, as police report increased heavy vehicle traffic connected to major construction projects. In the 12 months to September, deaths have leapt from 29 to 54, by far the biggest increase since at least 2009 when the federal government first started releasing

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Truck Brings Down Power-lines in Melbourne

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Traffic chaos in North Melbourne has been cleared after a truck earlier brought down tram lines during the peak-hour rush, closing roads and causing major delays for drivers and commuters. All lanes were reopened just before 3pm on Monday, with VicRoads also confirming the inbound on-ramp to Citylink had also been reopened. Traffic in North Melbourne

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