Central Coast News

A Central Coast woman has died of a suspected drug overdose, after she attended a music festival in Sydney’s west. Police say the 19-year-old was rushed from the FOMO Festival at Parramatta to Westmead Hospital, at around 6 o’clock on Saturday evening. She later died in hospital. The festival attracted more than 11,000 people, with police searching around 150 attendees. 54 were found to be in possession of drugs.

Four people have had a lucky escape after their yacht ran aground at Soldiers Beach on the Central Coast. Today, the owner is facing a hefty salvage bill, more than double what the vessel’s worth.

A 43-foot yacht has run aground at Norah Head on the Central Coast. Four people were onboard the vessel when it washed onto Soldiers Beach at around 7 o’clock on Friday night. It’s understood the group from the Hunter were making their way from Lane Cove to Tea Gardens and had stopped to avoid bad weather when they broke anchor. All four managed to make it to shore, with the vessel sustaining a two-foot puncture to its hull. Around 100 litres of diesel remains on board the yacht, with the owner set to be handed the salvage bill.

It’s been a busy 48 hours for detectives working to dismantle a drug supply ring on the Central Coast. Nine people are now before the courts over the alleged operation including a Bateau Bay family.

Election campaigning continues on the Central Coast with Premier Gladys Berejiklian meeting shoppers at Erina Fair today. The Liberal leader also spruiking measures to help the household budget as part of a Service New South Wales campaign to find better deals on utilities and other rebates. NSW heads to the polls on March 23. Audio in parts.

A man has told police his car was shot at in the early hours of Friday morning on the Central Coast. The vehicle was parked outside a home at Gorokan on the Central Coast, when its owner woke around 4am to find it had been damaged. He followed the people he believed to be responsible in his car to nearby Dudley Street, where one of them attempted to shoot at his vehicle, but missed. An investigation into the incident is underway, with anyone with information urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Learning CPR should be made compulsory across the nation – that’s the urgent call from first aid organisations. They say the number of Australians that know how to perform it, is well short of other nations, and our cardiac arrest survival rate is frightening.

A Sydney toddler has drowned, after getting through an open gate and falling into a backyard pool. Just hours earlier, a near-tragedy unfolded on the Central Coast, when two children were pulled from a lagoon.

Work has finally begun on the water main repairs at Avoca Beach, three months after they were supposed to start. The urgent works on the Round Drive are expected to take around six months to complete.

A near-drowning incident at Avoca Lagoon has left Central Coast surf life savers again pleading with parents to only take their children swimming at patrolled locations. Despite the drama, they say drownings have thankfully fallen over recent years.