Crash death
A man has died after his Toyota LandCruiser “veered off the road and crashed into a tree” at Wurdiboluc, according to police.
Investigators have yet to reveal the cause of the crash but police said the man was the sole occupant when he crashed around 2.50am Sunday.
Teens burned
A gas camp stove explosion has injured four teenagers from Ballarat Specialist School at Queenscliff’s Big4 Beacon Resort.
An air ambulance flew a boy and a girl with serious burns to The Alfred hospital as the two other students were treated in Geelong for superficial injuries, emergency services said.
Magic ‘legend’
Geelong’s Magic Dirt is the inaugural inductee into the National Live Music Awards’ new hall of fame for Australian bands, promoters have announced.
The Live Legend title acknowledged the group’s achievements, including eight albums, since forming as The Jim Jims in 1991, the awards’ promoters said.
Drowning recovery
A man left critically ill after a drowning incident with three acquaintances at Torquay on Sunday is now in a stable condition, according to Barwon Health.
Doctors discharged the other three at different times this week before downgrading the condition of the man, aged in his 20s, on Wednesday, Barwon Health said.
Burglary arrest
Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a pool technician’s van from suburban Melbourne before using it to burgle houses around Geelong.
The “significant arrest” of the 25-year-old from Hoppers Crossing produced seven charges of burglary and one of motor vehicle theft, police said.
$1.2m upgrade
A $1.2 million upgrade of Corio’s Goldsworthy Reserve’s athletics track will begin in the next fortnight, City Hall has announced.
The “major upgrade” would include a full resurfacing of the track at the “popular community facility, City Hall said.
Champs arrive
More than 150 participants from over 20 countries will gather in Geelong next week for Australian and Oceania para-badminton championships, according to the events’ organisers.
The athletes, team officials, volunteers and others would spend a week in Geelong from next Wednesday to complete both championships, the organisers said.
Servant ‘leader’
Geelong’s highest-paid public servant has won a “business leadership award”, Deakin University has announced.
Vice-chancellor Jane den Hollander, paid about $1 million a year, received the Business Higher Education Round Table Ashley Goldsworthy Award for Leadership in Industry-University Collaboration this week in recognition of her eight years leading the Deakin.
