Marine incident, Emerald

Police and Maritime Safety Queensland are investigating following a marine incident at an event in Emerald yesterday where two people were seriously injured.

Preliminary inquiries indicate that at around 3.30pm on September 10 a boat competing in an event at Fairbairn Dam struck a wave and spun suddenly into the path of another boat, causing a collision.

The driver and passenger of the second vessel were ejected from the boat which then struck the occupants in the first vessel, a 54-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman both from the Bundaberg area.

They were airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, the man with critical head injuries and the woman in a stable condition.

The male occupants of the second boat were recovered from the water without serious injury.

Investigations into the incident are continuing.

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