A 20-year-old Tiaro man has been charged with ten offences over an alleged dangerous driving spree across the South Burnett region on 20 October. Police allege the driver forced another vehicle off the road, ran red lights and drove on the wrong side of the road before a crash at Benair. He fled on foot into bushland but was arrested near the Benair Road and Bunya Highway intersection. A 16-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries. He is due to appear in Maryborough Magistrates Court on 10 November.
Two men are in critical condition after a head-on collision on the Barmah-Shepparton Road at Kaarimba, in Victoria's north, on Wednesday morning. Emergency services were called shortly before 7:30am. Firefighters freed one man trapped in a vehicle. Both men, a 39-year-old Euroa driver of a Mazda and his Shepparton passenger, were flown to Melbourne hospitals. A 31-year-old Nathalia man driving the Ford Ranger suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital under police guard. Police are investigating and asked anyone with dash cam or CCTV footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
A 40-year-old cyclist has died in a suspected hit-and-run crash on North Lake Road in Bibra Lake, Western Australia. The man was declared dead at the scene after a collision with an unidentified vehicle about 5.20am on Tuesday. Major crash investigators are searching for the driver and the vehicle, and are asking anyone who saw the crash or the vehicle nearby to come forward. Information can be given to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Elsewhere, crashes on Neerabup Road and Albany Highway have since been cleared.
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A 40-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to two counts of culpable driving causing death and one count of negligent driving causing actual bodily harm. The charges relate to a crash on Gunghalin Drive in Palmerston in August that struck five cyclists. Bridie Lee, 32, died at the scene, and Ryan Riethmuller, 39, died in hospital a week later. Her lawyer entered the pleas on her behalf at the ACT Magistrates Court. The case is due to return to court in January 2027.
A 40-year-old cyclist has died in a suspected hit-and-run crash on North Lake Road in Bibra Lake, Western Australia. The man was declared dead at the scene after a collision with an unidentified vehicle about 5.20am on Tuesday. Major crash investigators are searching for the driver and the vehicle, and are asking anyone who saw the crash or the vehicle nearby to come forward. Information can be given to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Elsewhere, crashes on Neerabup Road and Albany Highway have since been cleared.
A man in his 40s was airlifted to hospital after a two-truck crash on the Bruce Highway, north of Calliope, on Sunday morning. Firefighters freed a driver trapped in one of the trucks. The man suffered face and leg injuries and is in a potentially life-threatening condition. The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight helicopter landed at West Stowe and flew him to Rockhampton Airport. He was then taken by road to Rockhampton Hospital.
Two men were taken to hospital with minor injuries after an army truck rolled off a highway at Springfield Lakes, south-west of Brisbane, on Sunday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened in the southbound lanes of the Centenary Motorway, near an on-ramp, just before 10.30am. The men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were taken to Mater Private Hospital in stable condition. The Australian Defence Force said the welfare of those involved was its priority.
A 76-year-old man has died after a collision between a ute and a truck on Mannum Road, near Mannum in South Australia's Murraylands. Emergency services were called just after 11am on Friday. A 72-year-old woman, a passenger in the ute, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 35-year-old truck driver was not injured. Major crash investigators are working to determine what led to the collision. The death takes the state's road toll to 88 this year.
A man died after his vehicle crashed into a ditch on the Mitchell Highway at Apsley, near Wellington, shortly after 4am on Thursday. NSW Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash, and the driver has yet to be formally identified. It is the second serious crash on that stretch of highway in six months. Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders called for more overtaking lanes and better upgrades, saying the highway has been left behind. Transport for NSW says it is working on safety improvements at six locations between Orange and Wellington.
A driver is assisting police after an elderly woman on a mobility scooter was hit by a white Toyota Corolla at the intersection of Chapman Road and Queen Street in Bentley on Tuesday. St John WA said the woman, in her 80s, was taken to Royal Perth Hospital by ambulance. It is understood her injuries did not initially appear serious. Major crash investigation officers are examining the scene, and road closures were in place around the intersection on Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses or anyone with CCTV footage are urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Three crashes have snarled traffic across Perth on Tuesday morning. A vehicle rolled on Ennis Avenue in Warnbro just before 9.30am, closing the southbound lanes at Royal Palm Drive. Less than 30 minutes later, two cars collided at the Hepburn Avenue entry to the southbound Mitchell Freeway in Greenwood, leaving a car on its side. Separately, a crash at Hutton Street and Main Street in Osborne Park has blocked multiple lanes, with police directing traffic. Main Roads is urging motorists to avoid the affected areas and take care.
A 36-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead inside their car in a dam on a property in Tinana South, south of Maryborough, Queensland. Police believe the crash happened around 2.45pm while the woman was driving to collect other children from school. The girl's father, who had been alerted by the school, was among the first at the scene. Property owner Joel Hinschen pulled both from the water and his father performed CPR on the girl until emergency services arrived. Police have appealed for information about the vehicle or events leading up to the crash.
