A 25-year-old man has been caught allegedly driving more than 55 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the Mid North Coast.
Police were patrolling the Pacific Highway at Kew around 10pm on Saturday night, when they detected a a black BMW travelling upwards of 165 kilometres per hour in a 110 zone.
The driver was stopped and issued a Traffic Infringement Notice.
His licence was suspended immediately for six months
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Body in burning car near Kerikeri unexplained
14 Apr, 2021 12:45 AM
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Police and Fire and Emergency vehicles at the end of Wharau Rd near Kerikeri. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Police and Fire and Emergency vehicles at the end of Wharau Rd near Kerikeri. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
The discovery of a body in a burning car near Kerikeri is being treated by police as unexplained.
Kerikeri Fire Brigade was called to the end of Wharau Rd, about 10km east of town, just after 7pm on Tuesday when residents reported a car on fire.
Emergency services are attending to a multiple car crash in South Australia that has been caused by a huge dust storm causing zero visibility.
Two men have been taken to hospital after the four-car pile up in Balaklava, a town in the state s mid north.
Ferries to Kangaroo Island have been cancelled because of wild weather and Augusta Highway near Port Wakefield has been closed due to low visibility.
Emergency services are attending to a multiple car crash caused by a huge dust storm (pictured) causing zero visibility in some areas of Adelaide
The four-car pile up on Balaklava Road, Balaklava, has been caused by a dust storm (pictured from a plane) that has blanketed South Australia
Northerly winds cause dust storms in SA, roads closed after three-car crash
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Harry Butler Road, between Yorketown and Minlaton, on the state s Yorke Peninsula.
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Authorities have closed roads in the Mid North, following a three-car crash in Balaklava
A grass fire on KI has now been contained, but ferry services to the island have stopped due to wild weather
Two men have been taken to hospital following a three-car crash in Balaklava in the state s Mid North, while ferries to Kangaroo Island have been cancelled due to wild weather.
Just before midday, SA Police closed Balaklava Road, about 96 kilometres north of Adelaide, where emergency services have attended the multi-car crash.
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