Assault charge, Marsden

Detectives investigating an alleged incident at Marsden this morning which left one man with serious injuries have charged a man and woman. Around 1.45am the 23-year-old victim was with a group in the carpark of a fast food restaurant on Chambers Flat Road when they became involved in a verbal altercation with another group. When […]

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Update: Fatal traffic crash, Ironpot

A nine-year-old girl has died and a six-year-old boy is in a critical condition following a two-vehicle traffic crash at Ironpot near Rockhampton this morning. Preliminary inquiries indicate around 9.30am, two vehicles collided at the intersection of Artillery and Yeppoon roads. The first vehicle, a blue Toyota hatchback contained a 40-year-old Emu Park woman, a […]

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Serious traffic crash, Ironpot

Police and emergency services are responding to a serious crash, involving two cars, at the intersection of Artillery Road and Yeppoon Road, Ironpot this morning. The first vehicle had a woman and two children inside. There was a woman and three children in the second vehicle. Early information indicates that one vehicle was travelling east […]

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Fatal traffic crash, Gadgarra

Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash this morning at Gadgarra. Around 9.30am two people were travelling on the Gillies Range Road when a tree fell on their vehicle. The driver, a 38-year-old woman from Bayview Heights, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The passenger, a 26-year-old man from Bayview Heights, was transported by rescue helicopter to […]

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Police launch new appeal for 1978 triple homicide in Mount Isa

Homicide detectives will today launch a fresh public appeal into the tragic murder of three young friends holidaying in Mount Isa in 1978. On October 2, 1978, 23-year-old Karen Edwards, 31-year-old Tim Thomson and 21-year-old Gordon Twaddle left Alice Springs with their dog, ‘Tristie’, for a motorcycle trip to Mount Isa. They had planned to […]

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