'Art connects us': School mural honours fallen police officers

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A primary school in St Kilda East has hung a sprawling tribute across its Dandenong Road fence in honour of the officers

Melbourne teacher Caroline Egan hopes art can help console Victorians mourning four police officers who died last week when they were hit by a truck on the Eastern Freeway.

The four officers had been impounding a car on the side of the freeway when they were hit by a truck. She spent a night working on the six-metre by three-metre banner bearing the message: "Victoria Police, our thoughts and prayers are with you."

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