Bega District News

It was late on a Friday afternoon in January this year, when fires broke out west of Ballarat. We had few staff on deck at The Courier but when a story breaks, the newsroom needs to pivot.

Very quickly, we knew that whole communities close to the city's fringes were being asked to evacuate. A sudden wind change could prove catastrophic.

Two children and an adult have been killed in a horror crash between a car and a truck at Stoneleigh, west of Ballarat in Victoria.

It happened at the intersection of Eurambeen-Streatham and Mount William roads shortly after 9.30am on November 11, with the car appearing to have rolled and been crushed, according to police.

An adult and two children died at the scene, however, their ages have not been confirmed.