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  "id": 7985104,
  "title": "‘A hell of a mess’: Two-car peak-hour crash snarls EastLink, multiple lanes closed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-hell-of-a-mess-two-car-peak-hour-crash-snarls-eastlink-multiple",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:07:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/a-hell-of-a-mess-two-car-peak-hour-crash-snarls-eastlink-multiple-lanes-closed-20260917-p60ydv.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "The freeway has been closed entirely southbound, with queues beginning to affect the Monash Freeway and other feeder roads.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘A hell of a mess’: Two-car peak-hour crash snarls EastLink, multiple lanes closed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-hell-of-a-mess-two-car-peak-hour-crash-snarls-eastlink-multiple-7985439",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:07:20.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}