Two people have died in separate Queensland traffic incidents, with emergency services responding to a string of crashes and assaults overnight that left 30 others in hospital.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said the Forensic Crash Unit was investigating a fatal crash at Spring Mountain, south‑west of Brisbane, after a 21-year-old woman died on Saturday.
The spokesperson said two Toyota LandCruisers – one purple and one white – collided on Centenary Highway near exit 33 while travelling in opposite directions about 5.25pm on Friday.
The driver of the purple LandCruiser, a 21‑year‑old woman from Purga, near Ipswich, was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition and died on Saturday.
The white LandCruiser’s driver, a 23‑year‑old Greenbank man, sustained minor injuries and was also taken to the PA Hospital.
Police were also investigating the death of an 89‑year‑old man who was killed at Earlville in south-west Cairns on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to Mulgrave Road about 3.54pm after reports the man had been struck by a bus. He died at the scene.
Investigations into the cause of the crash were ongoing, and police appealed for witnesses or dashcam footage.
Meanwhile, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said paramedics took dozens of people to hospital overnight following incidents across the state.
In Brisbane, a man in his 60s was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with leg and shoulder injuries after he fell from a motorcycle on Gap Creek Road, Mount Coot‑tha, shortly before 5am.
Earlier, a man in his 20s was taken to the same hospital after a reported assault on Brunswick Street in Fortitude Valley about 4.15am.
Four people were also taken to hospital after a two‑vehicle crash at the Murri Way and Wickham Street intersection in Fortitude Valley about 11.26pm. One of the vehicles subsequently hit a building.
Two of the patients were taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital and two to the RBWH. All were in stable conditions, the QAS spokesperson said.
South of Brisbane, a motorcycle rider in his 30s was taken to the PA Hospital with significant leg injuries following a collision with a vehicle on Rochedale Road in Springwood just after 12.40am on Sunday.
Five people were taken to Logan Hospital after a two‑vehicle crash on Compton Road, Woodridge, shortly after 11pm on Saturday, while a sixth person declined transport.
Two teenage males were also taken to Logan Hospital following a multi‑vehicle incident involving e‑scooters on Illaweena Street at Drewvale about 8.59pm. Two more patients with minor injuries were taken to the same hospital after a three‑vehicle collision on Teys Road in Beenleigh.
In Ipswich, a man in his 50s was taken to Ipswich Hospital with significant leg injuries after being struck by a vehicle at Fernvale shortly before 11pm. Another man in his 20s was taken to the same hospital following a reported assault at Leichhardt in Ipswich.
A woman was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital after her vehicle struck a pole at Bilinga on the Gold Coast just after 1am. A separate two‑vehicle crash at Gaven, also on the Gold Coast, resulted in one patient being taken to the same hospital.
Further north, four teenage males were taken to Woorabinda Hospital, west of Gladstone, after their vehicle crashed into a tree at Coomoo, while other incidents saw patients taken to hospitals in Mackay, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay and Redcliffe.
All patients taken by paramedics overnight were reported to be in stable conditions, the QAS spokesperson said.
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