In brief
THREE people were lucky to be alive after a car rolled down an embankment and into a tree in Yarra Glen late last month.
The driver of the car, a man aged in his late teens, was driving towards Eltham on the Yarra Glen-Eltham Road before noon on Saturday 28 March, when he lost control, rolled his car down an embankment and hit a tree.
He was trapped in the car for an hour and was rescued by emergency services, before being airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.
A woman and a baby, also in the car at the time of the crash, were also taken to hospital.
Police, SES, fire brigade and paramedics all attended the scene of the crash.
Lock it up rurally
POLICE are reminding residents on rural properties to protect their gear, after a chainsaw was stolen from an unlocked shed in Hoddles Creek.
Lilydale Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant, Mark Smithwick, said that on the weekend of 28-29 March, an unknown person entered an unlocked shed on a Sheep Station Creek Road property and stole a chainsaw.
Det Sgt Smithwick said that people on rural properties often left sheds unlocked, which made them more accessible for would-be thieves.
“We’re getting a bit of this,” he said.
“We’re reminding people to lock their sheds up.”
Anyone with information on the stolen chainsaw is asked to call Lilydale Police on 9739 2300 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Extra TV query
DOES anyone you know currently have an unexplained new television set?
Police are appealing for information after a television set was stolen in a Wandin residential burglary.
Overnight on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 March, a Parker Road property was broken into, and a television set was stolen.
Anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity or who has information is asked contact Lilydale police on 9739 2300 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
