In brief
Xinhua reports that three fatalities and two serious injuries resulted from four collisions in Queensland, involving a truck, a motorcycle, an SUV, a vehicle and a tow truck. The Queensland Police Service said investigations were ongoing.
Three people died and two were seriously injured after four separate traffic crashes occurred within two hours in Queensland, Australia, on Wednesday night, Xinhua reports.
The first fatal incident happened at 6:20 p.m. local time when a 52‑year‑old man exited his vehicle on an arterial road in Caloundra, 75 km north of Brisbane, and was struck by a truck; he died at the scene.
At 6:30 p.m. a 31‑year‑old motorcycle rider and an SUV collided on a highway about 110 km northwest of Brisbane; the rider was critically injured and later declared dead on scene.
Around 8:25 p.m., a 23‑year‑old passenger was killed when the vehicle he was riding in crashed into a power pole in Brisbane’s outer southeast; the 24‑year‑old driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.
Earlier that night at 6:20 p.m., on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane, a tow truck, a hatchback and a utility vehicle were involved in a collision; the 24‑year‑old hatchback driver was transported to hospital with life‑threatening injuries, the utility driver had minor injuries, and the tow truck driver was unharmed.
The Queensland Police Service said on Thursday that investigations into all four incidents were ongoing.
