Demi Huang

1 month ago | 7news.com.au | Demi Huang |Dominique Tassell

Sydney commuters have been urged to avoid the train network unless absolutely necessary, due to ongoing impacts from a power issue on Tuesday that cause chaos for hundreds of commuters during peak hour. The disruption on Australia’s busiest suburban network was triggered when a live overhead wire came down onto the roof of a train about 2.30pm Tuesday, trapping passengers on board, cutting power and causing widespread delays.

1 month ago | perthnow.com.au | Hayley Taylor |Molly Magennis |Demi Huang

A homeless man has died in hospital days after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run on the side of a freeway. A passing driver spotted the unconscious man on the Western Fwy at Cobblebank in Melbourne’s west and called emergency services about 7am last Thursday. The 35-year-old man was in a critical condition. He was collapsed near the freeway merging lane about 200m west of Mount Cottrell Rd and his bags of belongings were found scattered across the road.

1 month ago | 7news.com.au | Hayley Taylor |Molly Magennis |Demi Huang

A homeless man has died in hospital days after he was struck on the side of a freeway in a hit-and-run. A passing driver had spotted the unconscious man on the Western Fwy, at Cobblebank in Melbourne’s west, and called emergency services about 7am last Thursday. The 35-year-old man was found in a critical condition, near the freeway merging lane about 200m west of Mount Cottrell Rd.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today His bags of belongings were found scattered across the road.

2 months ago | 7news.com.au | Tita Smith |Demi Huang

A mum is dead and her eight-year-old son is in a coma after a shocking kidnapping which may have ended with her being burnt alive. A group of up to five men broke into the 45-year-old woman’s Bankstown home, in Sydney’s southwest about 10.30pm on Thursday and severely assaulted both her and her son, before she was dragged into an SUV. That car was later found burnt out in Beverly Hills, about 6km away, with a body discovered inside after fire crews extinguished the blaze.

2 months ago | perthnow.com.au | Tita Smith |Demi Huang

A murder investigation is underway after a woman was kidnapped from her home before a body, believed to be hers, was found in a burning car in Sydney’s south. Police were called to Bankstown about 10.30pm on Thursday to reports a 45-year-old woman had been kidnapped from her home — in front of her two young sons— by a group of armed intruders. Up to five men — all dressed in black with their faces covered — arrived in several vehicles, including a white sedan and a black SUV.