A young girl has suffered “significant” lacerations to her leg after being bitten by a dingo on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman said the primary school-aged girl was bitten by the animal at Hook Point, on the southernmost tip of the heritage-listed sandContinue Reading
A woman has plunged to her death from a Gold Coast high-rise balcony following what is suspected to be a medical episode. Emergency services were called to an apartment on Hooker Boulevard in Mermaid Waters about 11.30pm on Wednesday following reports the woman had fallen. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS)Continue Reading
Nine people have been hospitalised after a horror crash between a bus and semi-trailer on a busy Queensland highway, with major delays now expected. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokesman said the collision occurred on the M1 near Stapylton, just before the Jacobs Well Rd exit, about 9.40am on Wednesday.Continue Reading
A man is fighting for his life after his car collided with a truck on a rural Queensland Highway. Emergency services rushed to the D’Aguilar Highway near Turnbull Rd at Wamuran in the state’s Moreton Bay region at about 7.30am Monday. Authorities believe the man, who is in his 20s,Continue Reading
Six teens aged 12-18 have been hospitalised following an “out-of-control party” in Brisbane’s south. Emergency services were called to the 17th birthday party at Sungold Rd in Chambers Flat just before 11pm on Friday. Queensland Police reported up to 300 people attended, while Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) believed about 400Continue Reading
A man has been killed after a bulldozer rolled on a regional Queensland mine site. It happened about 9am Wednesday at a PowerLink Queensland construction site near the Meandu coal mine in Tarong, near Nanango, about 190km northwest of Brisbane. It’s understood the 55-year-old was outside the piece of machineryContinue Reading
Multiple people have been flown to hospital – one fighting for their life – following a horrific highway crash near Toowoomba. Paramedics and police rushed to the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash the New England Highway in Merritts Creek at 11:21am on Friday. Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) said “multipleContinue Reading
Drivers on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast are being urged to avoid a major highway after a nine-car pileup caused southbound lanes to be closed. The vehicles are believed to have crashed about 1.40pm Monday along the Bruce Hwy through Landsborough, about 2km south of Caloundra. Authorities closed southbound lanes, with diversionsContinue Reading
The girl has been rushed to hospital after a car reversed over a kerb and into a group of people outside a library. Source linkContinue Reading
A father and his five boys, aged between 11 and 3, are unaccounted for after a fire tore through their home on an island off the Queensland coast. Five children and a man are unaccounted for after fire tore through several homes on an island off the Queensland coast. EmergencyContinue Reading