Drink-driver, 71, admits killing cyclist
A 71-year-old grandmother has admitted driving drunk, hitting and killing a cyclist.
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Australian publicans are no longer legally responsible for the behaviour of people who become intoxicated in their bars.
Families dismiss alcohol factor in fatal crash
The teen driver at the wheel of the van in which two friends were killed was last night at the hospital bedside of her boyfriend who is feared paralysed.
Death crash accused threatened to hurt someone, court told
A man accused of deliberately driving his car into two other vehicles, killing a woman, said "he was going to f*** someone up", the High Court hears.
Death crash accused seemed drunk, court told
A man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles - killing a young woman - seemed to be "really drunk" that night, a petrol station worker told a court today.
Death crash deliberate, says Crown
The man accused of deliberately causing a fatal crash was found at the scene with a bottle of beer between his legs, a court hears.
Mothers driven to drink
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Widow's fury after drink-driver allowed back on road
The grieving widow of the victim of an alleged drink-driver has lashed out at the law that allowed the accused back behind the wheel.