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Traffic offences lead to PINs for Sydney travellers – COVID update
An unregistered car parked in a ‘no stopping’ zone in a Central West town has led police to issue $1000 fines to three Sydney people who breached Public Health Orders overnight.
Officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District noticed an unregistered car parked in a no parking zone outside a hotel on Bolaro Street at Dunedoo, 90km north-east of Dubbo, about 8.50pm (Saturday 3 July 2021).
They identified the driver and discovered he was one of three people who’d travelled from Sydney that day and were booked to spend the night in the town. A 44-year-old man from Haberfield, a 51-year-old man from Fairfield West and a 38-year-old woman from Burwood have now been issued $1000 PINs for not comply with noticed direction 7/8/9 Covid-19. They have also been issued traffic infringement notices for driving an unregistered vehicle and being parked in a ‘no stopping’ zone.
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Police lay charges over motorcycle crash near Mittagong
A man has been charged after a motorcyclist was hospitalised in a critical condition following a crash in the Southern Highlands yesterday.
About 4.10pm (Tuesday 27 April 2021), emergency services were called to the Hume Highway near Church Avenue at Alpine, near Mittagong, after reports a Volkswagen Golf station wagon and Honda motorcycle had collided
The rider, a 44-year-old man, was treated at the scene before being airlifted to Liverpool Hospital to undergo emergency surgery. He is expected to be transferred to Royal North Hospital and remains in a critical but stable condition.
News by CYDONEE MARDON
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Subscriber only Former NRL star Sam Burgess has allegedly failed a drugs test and been charged with traffic offences after being stopped while en route to pick up his two children. The former South Sydney captain was charged on Monday afternoon with driving an unregistered car and police will allege the Englishman has never held a NSW driver s licence. Police also allege he returned a positive roadside drug test for cocaine which has been sent away for further analysis. He was pulled over at 1.30pm while driving a BMW X5 on the Old Hume Highway at Braemar in the Southern Highlands.