Detectives are investigating the unlawful wounding of a man in Yeppoon in the early hours of this morning. Around 3.30am emergency services were called to a house in Jeffries Street to treat a man with a chest wound. A 39-year-old man Yeppoon man was transported to hospital with life threating injuries. A 22-year-old woman from […]
Category: Queensland Police News Updates
Day 9 – Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2)
Day nine of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2), the last day of 2018, two more lives lost in separate incidents on Queensland roads takes the Queensland total to 246. There were a total of 61 drivers charged with drink driving, six of these were over three times the legal limit and one who […]
Serious traffic crash, Agnes Water
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a single vehicle roll over in Agnes Water overnight. A 19-year-old man was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with life threatening injuries following the serious traffic crash. Shortly before 11pm the Audi sedan was travelling south on Captain Cook Drive when it left the road near […]
Serious traffic crash, West Woombye
Police are investigating a serious single vehicle crash in West Woombye last night. Around 8.50pm emergency services received reports a car had crashed into a tree on Blackall Range Road. The driver and sole occupant, a 21-year-old man, was trapped in the vehicle and freed by emergency services. He was transported to the Nambour Hospital […]
Serious traffic incident, Wurtulla
A 38-year-old man was transported to hospital in a critical condition last night following a skateboarding incident on the Sunshine Coast. Initial information indicates the man was riding an electric motorised off-road skateboard near Oceanic Drive at Wurtulla around 9.30pm when it appears he has fallen off, hitting his head on the road. Police and […]
Suspicious death investigation, North Mackay
A man is assisting police with their enquiries following the suspicious death of another man in North Mackay this morning. Police were called to Glenpark Street around 12.30am, where a 20-year-old man was located injured in a vehicle. He died at the scene from his injury. It is alleged the 20-year-old man was involved in […]
Fatal traffic crash, Springfield Central
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a single vehicle motorcycle crash in Springfield Central overnight. Initial inquiries indicate around 6.45pm a motorcycle was travelling east on Sinnathamby Boulevard approaching University Drive when the rider has lost control and hit a tree in the centre median strip. The rider, a 33-year-old Morayfield man, was transported to […]
Grievous bodily harm charge, Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise detectives have charged a 19-year-old Toowoomba man with grievous bodily harm after two men were allegedly assaulted in the early hours of this morning. It will be alleged two Oxenford men, aged 22 and 23 were walking along Orchid Avenue around 3.30am when they were both punched in the face by a man […]
Hazardous driving conditions in Far North Queensland as the rains continue to fall
With much of the state’s far north having already experience significant rainfall, and a wet few days ahead, police are urging motorists to take extra care when driving. Chief Superintendent Brian Huxley, Far North District urged motorists, especially visitors to Far North Queensland to re-think their driving plans and limit non-essential travel. “With New Year’s […]
Day 8 – Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2)
Day eight of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2) tragically saw three lives lost on Queensland roads in separate incidents in Booubyian, Noosa North Shore and Woolloongabba. There were a total of 49 drivers charged with drink driving, five of these were over three times the legal limit, one who was over four times […]