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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]
Ashton said, "The truck itself appears to have moved from one of the traffic lanes in the freeway into the emergency lane and has travelled a short distance in the emergency lane at around about 100km/h and slammed into the rear of the highway patrol vehicle." Constable Lynette Taylor, 60, senior constable Kevin King, 50, and constables Glen ...
What began as a routine traffic stop for Queensland Police turned into something a lot more significant after more than a million dollars of cannabis was discovered in a van on the Warrego Highway ...
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland.In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".
April 5 – Ivory Coast – At least 14 people were killed in two separate accidents on the highway linking Abidjan to the north of the country. [ 337 ] April 14 – Egypt – 20 people were killed and three injured when a bus collided with a truck and caught fire in Asyut .
12 December 2022 – Wieambilla police shootings – The murder of Queensland Police officers Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and a neighbour, Alan Dare in Wieambilla. The perpetrators, brothers Gareth and Nathaniel Train, and Gareth's wife, Stacey Train [124] were later shot and killed by Queensland police after a six hour siege ...
Graziers on properties between Rockhampton and Mackay called for better police protection following numerous violent incidents. [ 5 ] After the reports of Noel Weckert's murder, Minister for Northern Development Rex Patterson publicly stated that he always traveled along the highway with a loaded rifle to ensure his own protection. [ 5 ]
At 11:40pm on 23 July 2000, pilot Paul "Paddy" O'Brien with two paramedics, departed Rockhampton, Queensland on the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service's "Rescue 9" aircraft, bound for "Yaraandoo Station" [a], a cattle property 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-west of the city, to retrieve a five year old patient who was suffering from croup, and his mother.