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Police have found a woman in Bowen Hills, about 12 hours after she was seen entering the Brisbane River from a South Brisbane CityCat terminal in the early hours of Friday morning.
The search for the woman was one of several serious events across Queensland going into Easter, which also included three fatal traffic incidents.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said officers and emergency services were called to the river near South Brisbane about 2am after reports a woman had entered the water from the CityCat terminal.
A police spokesman said the woman was found “safe and well” 12 hours later at 2pm, at O’Connell Terrace in Bowen Hills.
On the Gold Coast, a 23-year-old Currumbin man was killed following a single-motorcycle crash at Burleigh Heads on Thursday night. A QPS spokesperson said the green Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle lost control on West Burleigh Road about 9.05pm.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said paramedics treated the rider for significant head injuries before transporting him in a life-threatening condition to Gold Coast University Hospital, where he later died. Police are appealing for information or dashcam vision.
Elsewhere, a 58‑year‑old woman died after succumbing to injuries from a traffic incident at Logan late last month. A QPS spokesperson said the woman was walking along Crowson Lane, North Maclean, about 11.40am on Wednesday last week, March 25, when she was struck by an item that had fallen off a ute.
She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Thursday. Police said the vehicle involved did not stop at the scene, but a Toyota LandCruiser had since been located and the driver was “assisting police with their inquiries”.
Police appealed for witnesses or dashcam footage.
Another fatal crash occurred on the Sunshine Coast hinterland on Thursday. A QPS spokesperson said a 24‑year‑old Bald Hills man died after the truck he was driving crashed into a tree on Steve Irwin Way at Beerburrum about 10.45am.
Emergency crews freed the driver and a passenger who were trapped in the cab. Despite first aid, the driver died at the scene. The passenger, a 21‑year‑old Silkstone man, was flown to hospital in a stable condition. Forensic Crash Unit investigations were ongoing.
Ambulance crews also attended several incidents overnight, including a two-vehicle crash in Rockhampton, where four people were taken to hospital in stable conditions, and a house fire at Sunset, in Mount Isa, where no injuries were reported.
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