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Brody Varenhout questions why police removed flowers, photos and tributes after last week’s second fatal in Lynbrook.Brody Varenhout questions why police removed flowers, photos and tributes after last week’s second fatal in Lynbrook.

By Kelly Yates
HAMPTON Park teenager Brody Varenhout questions why police removed flowers, photos and tributes after last week’s second fatality in two weeks at the intersection of Ormond and Hallam roads.
Brody, a friend of the four teenagers who died in a horror smash on 28 June, was among other locals heartbroken by the actions of police and VicRoads employees who dumped tributes, including a wreath, into the back of a ute.
Police speculated that the presence of the large amount of tributes at the intersection was a factor in Friday’s fatal crash which left a 21-year-old woman dead.

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