Wearing a seatbelt significantly improves your chances of surviving a crash. The widespread use of seatbelts following legislation in the 1970s is regarded as having had a significant impact on the road toll, helping reduce this from over 3,382 deaths in 1968 to around 2,887 deaths per year 20 years later. While wearing a seatbelt […]
Police from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad were thunderstruck when they came across this limited edition AC/DC framed guitar during investigations at a Parkwood property in August last year. There is no use beating around the bush, police are trying to locate the owner of this item that is suspected to have […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a crash this morning, which has closed the Bruce Highway at Brandon. Around 10am, a car collided with a cane train. No one was seriously injured during the incident. The highway will be closed for several hours while cranes recover the locomotive. Police would like to speak with some […]
A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Parklands overnight. Initial information suggests at around midnight a sedan was travelling southbound on Nambour Connection Road when it left the road and collided with the support wire of a power pole, causing the vehicle to roll. The driver and sole occupant of the […]
Fatigue is one of the top five factors contributing to road crashes. Fatigue isn’t just falling asleep at the wheel; it’s also lapses in concentration experienced by drivers that have serious consequences. In Queensland, between 2008 and 2013, more than 15% of fatalities were identified as being fatigue-related crashes. The actual number may be much […]
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a single vehicle crash at North Mackay early this morning. Initial inquires revel that at about 2:30am at the intersection of Sams Access Road and Harbour Road a motorcycle rider has lost control and crashed. The rider has been transported to Mackay Hospital in a serious but stable condition. […]
A man has died following a two vehicle collision about 10km north of Marlborough yesterday evening. Initial investigations indicate at about 6.10pm a 50-year-old man was riding a motorcycle North on the Bruce Highway. The motorbike swerved to avoid hitting a Kangaroo and then collided with a vehicle travelling South. The man died at the […]
Police are investigating after a man allegedly attempted to rob a service station at Springwood. Shortly before 10pm a man entered the Cinderella Drive store and threatened a female staff member with a metal implement, demanding money. Another customer attended the store and the man fled without any cash. The man is described as about […]
Police are currently at the scene of a traffic crash that has claimed a life at Harlin in the Brisbane Valley this morning. Initial investigations indicate the crash involving an empty cattle truck and a utility occurred around 7.50am on the Brisbane Valley Highway about 2km south of Harlin. The driver of the utility died […]
Police are investigating a series of break and enters that occurred in the Logan area in the early hours of this morning. Initial investigations suggest that sometime between 5pm yesterday and 1am this morning a white VT Holden Commodore utility (pictured) was stolen from the driveway of a Gunnee Place, Parkinson residence. Between the hours […]