Police are investigating a serious traffic crash in Cairns tonight. Initial information indicates that just before 7pm tonight a three-year-old child has been struck by a car on Alfred Street, Manunda. The child was transported to Cairns Base Hospital with critical injuries. Northbound lanes of Alfred Street near the Koch Street intersection remain closed to […]
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The Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, the Hon. Jo-Ann Miller MP and Police Commissioner Ian Stewart, together with Road Policing Command Acting Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating today launched Operation Cold Snap 2015. This year’s operation, coinciding with the winter school holidays, will focus on the fatal five, the most common killers on Queensland roads, […]
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Police are investigating a robbery with violence at a Gaythorne address yesterday. Around 11.30am a 73-year-old woman was alone inside her residence when an unknown man entered the dwelling. He struck the woman and indecently assaulted her while making demands for cash. When the woman was unable to comply with demands the man struck her […]
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A 45-year-old Wynnum West man, injured in a single vehicle traffic crash on June 17 has died as a result of his injuries. The crash occurred on Whites Road, at the intersection of Arakurta Street when the vehicle he was driving left the road and collided with a power pole. The man was transported to […]
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Two men and a woman have been charged after a police incident which ended in Waterford West yesterday. It will be alleged that around 12.20pm a white Toyota Hiace bearing alleged stolen number plates was seen by police travelling north on the Pacific Motorway at Mount Gravatt. Police followed the vehicle when they observed it […]
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Police have revoked the Public Safety Preservation Act declared in Salisbury. The emergent situation was declared at 3.50pm, following a traffic crash that resulted in a gas leak. The PSPA was revoked at 7.22pm after the gas leak was stopped. Three police officers were treated for irritations as a result of the gas leak. All […]
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Police are investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic crash this afternoon in Townsville. Preliminary information indicates that around 2pm a vehicle travelling along Percy Street, West End has left the road and collided with a power pole and rolled. Police and emergency services attended the crash and a female passenger was declared deceased at the […]
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Police are searching for a missing Queensland Police Service firearm that was last seen in Woodridge this afternoon. The firearm became dislodged from the officer’s holster during the police response to an incident about 12.40pm, on Wembley Road, near the intersection of Mayes Avenue. Extensive searches have failed to locate the firearm. Anyone who has […]
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Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act this afternoon in Salisbury. Two vehicles collided on Industries Road around 1.25pm this afternoon causing a gas leak. The declaration was made at 3.50pm, and all neighbouring businesses around Evans Road, Industries Road, Commerce Street and Chrome Street have been evacuated. It is […]
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Police are investigating a traffic crash that occurred at Alexandra Hills this morning. Shortly after 6am, a 40-year-old man was struck by a vehicle on Finnucane Road. He was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he is receiving treatment for life-threatening injuries. The driver of the car wasn’t injured as a result of the […]
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