PORT LINCOLN TRAGEDY
The Point opened with Tuesday’s tragic and heartbreaking news of the death of a 13-year-old, killed when the bin he was sleeping in with two other boys was collected by a garbage truck.
The tragedy has stunned the community in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
“This is a very tight-knit, relatively small community and everyone in this community will be impacted either directly or indirectly by this event,” said SA Police Superintendent Paul Bahr.
“We’ve spoken to both the (surviving) boys. Clearly, they re traumatised by what occurred. I think by the time that the truck driver was alerted there were people in the bin, it was at that point of being too late to stop the skip from tipping.
AFL 11th May 2021 10:46 AM Banned AFL star Willie Rioli will face court in Darwin on Wednesday after allegedly being caught in possession of cannabis. The West Coast goal-kicker was just six weeks away from returning to football following a two-year doping ban - but those plans have been plunged into uncertainty. Northern Territory Police last month released a statement confirming a detection dog was conducting screening operations at Darwin Airport when 25 grams of cannabis was allegedly found in Rioli s pants. He had been scheduled to fly to the Tiwi Islands that day. Northern Territory local court lists show the 25-year-old is charged with possessing a schedule 2 dangerous drug in a quantity less than trafficable (less than 50 grams) in a public place.