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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.
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]
- Queensland Ambulance Service Townsville, a city of about 200,000 people, was hit by devastating flooding in 2019 which was labeled by the then state premier as a “one-in-100-year event.”
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
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
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 ...
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]
25 January – Cyclone Kirrily crosses the North Queensland coast at Townsville as a Category 3 system before weakening. [24] 27 January – Queensland state Labor MP Jim Madden resigns from parliament to vie for a position as a local councillor with Ipswich City Council in the 2024 Queensland local elections on 16 March. [25]