Coroner recommends police chase change after teen death A coroner has recommended police cars be fitted with better equipment and improvements to officer training, after a teenage girl died in a police chase. AAP · Mar 14, 2023
Coroners Court releases findings on Jacqueline Vodden death in 2017 Ballarat police chase The Coroners Court finds the death of 16-year-old Jacqueline Vodden in a police chase crash was an avoidable tragedy. ABC News · Mar 13, 2023
Teenage offender's fatal move during police pursuit 'unexpected', Jacqueline Vodden inquest told The police observer during the pursuit that led to Jacqueline Vodden's death has told an inquest he was about to call it off when the young driver being chased crashed. ABC News · Feb 9, 2022
Teen was moving van during police chase A teenage girl was moving around inside a stolen van while it was being pursued by police, but an officer says it wasn't dangerous enough to call off the chase. AAP · Feb 9, 2022
Jacqueline Vodden inquest hears one of Ballarat's 'worst' young offenders was driving during fatal police chase A coronial inquest is considering whether police acted appropriately during the pursuit of a young criminal who was driving a stolen van that crashed and killed 16-year-old Jacqueline Vodden (pictured). ABC News · Feb 8, 2022
Inquiry into Vic girl's police chase death A coroner is investigating the death of a 16-year-old Victorian girl who was killed when the stolen van she was a passenger in crashed during a police pursuit. AAP · Feb 8, 2022