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A 17-year-old girl died after being bitten by a shark while swimming off a beach in the north of Brisbane.The attack marks Australia’s third fatal shark incident in just over five weeks ...
Paramedics responded to reports of a "serious shark bite incident" at Woorim Beach, a popular tourist destination in Queensland, around 4:45 p.m. local time, the Queensland Ambulance Service wrote ...
Following the crash the truck caught fire and the driver was pulled from the truck by bystanders. Ammonium nitrate leaked onto the Bruce Highway, a major highway in Queensland. [5] First responders ordered an evacuation of a 2.5 kilometre radius of the crash, [3] and decided to not extinguish the fire because of the inherent risk. [5]
All nine survivors were taken to hospital for further treatment: eight were transported to Gold Coast University Hospital and one was transported to Queensland Children’s Hospital. [1] The three critically injured survivors were on the departing helicopter and included a 33-year-old woman and her nine-year-old son, and a 10-year-old child.
The bus driver pleaded guilty to dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death, and was sentenced to 32 years in prison with a non-parole period of 24 years. It was the worst Australian road crash since 1994 when twelve people were killed when a bus overturned near Boondall, Queensland. [1] [2]
Meanwhile, Queensland’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation has warned residents to be wary of crocodiles that could be lurking in the floodwaters, according to Nine News.
An ATSB investigation found that although all safety systems were operational at the time of the accident, the boom barrier did not meet the Australian standard (AS 7658) or Queensland Rail's own level crossing safety standard as there was a 3.1 metre gap between the tip of the lowered boom barrier and the median island on the northern side of ...
Lists of railway accidents that have occurred in each state and territory of Australia are contained in the following articles: Railway accidents in New South Wales; Railway accidents in the Northern Territory; Railway accidents in Queensland; Railway accidents in South Australia; Railway accidents in Tasmania; Railway accidents in Victoria