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Modified e-bikes cop another rail ban over safety risks

Modified e-bikes cop another rail ban over safety risks

Converted e-bikes will no longer be allowed on a major rail network, with one state government blaming "after-market add-ons" for causing fires.

Crackdown looms on e-bikes, scooters after more deaths

Crackdown looms on e-bikes, scooters after more deaths

Crackdown looms on e-bikes, scooters after more deaths

Crackdown looms on e-bikes, scooters after more deaths

As sales surge before Christmas, states are debating how to regulate the sale and specifications of e-bikes and scooters after a series of fatal incidents.

Sea World chopper crash victims 'screaming' for help

Sea World chopper crash victims 'screaming' for help

Sea World chopper crash victims 'screaming' for help

Sea World chopper crash victims 'screaming' for help

Haunting footage of one of Australia's worst air disasters has been shown at an inquest examining the mid-air collision between two joy flight helicopters.

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'Marked': driver avoids jail over fatal CBD bus crash

'Marked': driver avoids jail over fatal CBD bus crash

A bus driver convicted of careless driving causing death after a teenager was crushed against a building in a city centre has received a suspended sentence.

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three people have been killed in a light plane crash shortly after take-off, in what first responders have described as a "gruesome" scene.

Most killed in Lisbon derailment are foreigners: police

Most killed in Lisbon derailment are foreigners: police

Portuguese authorities say most of the 16 people killed when a funicular railway carriage crashed were foreigners.

Tributes flow for 'vibrant, bright' school crash victim

Tributes flow for 'vibrant, bright' school crash victim

A talented student about to hit her teens has been identified as the girl who died in a bus rollover and is being remembered for her infectious personality.

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Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

The use of seatbelts will form part of a probe into a tragic bus crash that killed a young student and injured scores of others, including the elderly driver.

Tourist pleads guilty over fatal e-scooter crash

Tourist pleads guilty over fatal e-scooter crash

Tourist pleads guilty over fatal e-scooter crash

Tourist pleads guilty over fatal e-scooter crash

An English tourist has pleaded guilty over the death of a man after she collided with him while riding an e-scooter drunk.

Body discovered after Pacific Motorway pile up

Body discovered after Pacific Motorway pile up

Body discovered after Pacific Motorway pile up

Body discovered after Pacific Motorway pile up

Trucks were ordered to park up after the busy Pacific Motorway was closed and lighter vehicles detoured following a deadly crash near Brunswick Heads.

Teen e-dirt bike rider accused of fatal crash gets bail

Teen e-dirt bike rider accused of fatal crash gets bail

Teen e-dirt bike rider accused of fatal crash gets bail

Teen e-dirt bike rider accused of fatal crash gets bail

A teen electric bike rider accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian has been granted bail, with strict conditions, including not driving e-rideables in public.

Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Safety standards for quad bikes could save more lives on farms if their enforcement was stronger, according to research that reveals one state leading the way.

Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes

Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes

Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes

Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes

Australia needs a national body to oversee and develop electric mobility device regulations to abate a spike in fatal injuries, the peak body for doctors says.

Driver jailed over 'tunnel vision' rural minibus crash

Driver jailed over 'tunnel vision' rural minibus crash

Driver jailed over 'tunnel vision' rural minibus crash

Driver jailed over 'tunnel vision' rural minibus crash

An electrical apprentice has cried while being jailed for drunkenly crashing into a minibus, killing an 84-year-old man and then lying to police about it.

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Two children among 10 killed in horror weekend on roads

A tragic head-on crash has claimed the lives of four people, including two children, capping a horror weekend on one state's roads.

Too soon to decide India crash cause, investigators say

Investigators are warning the public not to jump to conclusions about what caused an Air India plane to crash in June, killing 260 people.

Bus crash victims’ lawsuit may be futile, lawyer says

A lawsuit brought by families of victims killed in a bus crash could prove futile because of ongoing insurance payments, an allegedly negligent company claims.

Kangaroo on road could have caused triple-fatal crash

A car crash potentially caused by a kangaroo has claimed three lives and left another person critically injured, capping a horror weekend on one state's roads.

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Air India crash victims identified, US experts on site

DNA samples are being used to identify the remains of dozens of victims of an Air India plane crash as US officials join investigators at the site.

Search for missing after Air India crash kills hundreds

The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade has killed more than 240 people with rescuers searching for missing people and clues on why the plane crashed.

'Heavy': firie sentenced over crash that injured crew

The fire truck veered off a road and landed on its roof on the way to a rural grass fire, trapping the crew and leaving two firefighters with serious injuries.

Three dead following multi-vehicle highway collision

Three people have died in a collision on a major highway involving multiple cars and trucks, while two others are in hospital.

Mother hit with charges over fatal primary school crash

A woman whose car rammed through a suburban school fence into a group of children, killing an 11-year-old boy, is facing two driving charges.

Three people rescued from seaside helicopter crash

A helicopter has crashed into waters near a beachside tourist town, with a passerby and surf liversavers helping to rescue them from the wreckage.

Fatal chopper crash was 'accident waiting to happen'

A mid-air helicopter crash on a sunny day was an accident waiting to happen, an aviation expert says, after a report found a multitude of failings.

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