Man charged over Tarpeena collision

Man charged over Tarpeena collision

Aman has been arrested after a crash at Tarpeena on Monday morning.

About 6.20am police and emergency services were called to the intersection of McEnroe Road and Riddoch Highway after reports of a crash between a car and a truck.

The driver of the car was taken to Mount Gambier Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the truck, a 42-year-old man from Victoria, received no injuries and was arrested for driving without due care.

He will appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court on May 23.

In other police news, a man lost his licence after being caught travelling at extreme speed last week.

About 8.15pm on Friday patrols spotted a BMW travelling at 119kph in a 60kph zone on the Dukes Highway near Keith.

The car was stopped and the 24-year-old Felixstow driver lost his licence on the spot for 12 months.

The driver was reported for aggravated driving at extreme speed.

He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

Meanwhile, a police helicopter assisted in the rescue of two fishermen who spent two hours in waters off Cape Bridgewater on Friday.

Police have been told two men were on their boat fishing approximately 1km offshore when they were hit by a wave about 11.30am.

The pair were both wearing life jackets and personal locating beacons.

Emergency services were alerted and searched the area before the men were located sitting on top of their overturned boat and rescued by a charter boat about 1.30pm.

A 51-year-old Port Fairy man and a 38-year-old Macarthur man were both taken to the Portland boat ramp where they were assessed by paramedics.

The female driver of a vehicle which crashed near Penola on Saturday night was not seriously injured.

She was taken by ambulance to Mount Gambier Hospital for an assessment.

The woman was the sole occupant of the vehicle which left Weir’s Lane around 10pm and went through a fence.

Initial reports to the emergency services indicated the vehicle may have rolled but this was not the case.

Nevertheless, it was necessary for the vehicle to be towed from the scene.

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