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Duncan Murray

Trucking firm fined $2m following four police deaths

Connect Logistics boss Corey Matthews has been fined $22,500. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The boss of a trucking company involved in the tragic roadside deaths of four Victorian police officers knew about workplace safety breaches, but thought they had been resolved, a court has heard.

Connect Logistics and Corey Matthews pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges brought by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, relating to failures to properly monitor driver fatigue and drug and alcohol use.

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