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The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating after a pillion passenger fell from a motorcycle at Mareeba last night and sustained life-threatening injuries.
The 73-year-old Mount Sheridan man was a passenger on a motorcycle travelling along Ray Road when he came off the bike at around 8.50pm (August 18).
He was transported to hospital with critical head injuries.
The rider of the motorcycle, a 54-year-old Mareeba man was charged by police with failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis and driving under the influence of liquor or a drug. He is due to appear in the Mareeba Magistrates Court on September 3.
Investigations into the incident are continuing with police appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or has any dash cam vision of the incident, to contact them (details below).

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
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A man has been hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed at Woodridge last night (Saturday, August 18).
Preliminary information indicates the man was walking north along Ewing Road with three other people shortly after 11pm when they passed three men and two children walking in the opposite direction.
A verbal altercation occurred during which time the 37-year-old man was stabbed once in the neck with what was possibly a knife or a bladed weapon.
The three men and two children then fled the scene on foot.
The man was treated at the scene before being transported to hospital in a critical condition.
Multiple police units, including uniform and plain clothes officers, the dog squad and Polair2 saturated the area searching for the men, however they were not located.
A crime scene has been declared at the incident location as Scientific and Scenes of Crimes officers process the scene, and an Incident Centre has been

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Police are investigating a suspicious building fire at an educational facility in Everton Hills this evening.
At about 7.20pm, emergency services were called to the facility on Henderson Road in relation to a building well involved in fire.
Emergency services promptly extinguished the fire preventing further damage.
No one was injured as a result of the incident.
Initial investigations indicate the fire may have been deliberately lit.
Any members of the public who have information in relation to this matter are urged to contact police.
 
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Body worn vision has been released of an incident at Deception Bay last night where a number of officers were lucky to escape serious injury after a police vehicle was rammed by a stolen car.
At about 7.15pm, police observed a stolen white Subaru wagon at an address in Bailey Road.
When officers parked behind the vehicle, the Subaru reversed at speed into the police car.
Officers were forced to take evasive action as the Subaru continued to reverse into the police car three more times causing extensive damage.
Police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device puncturing all four tyres of the Subaru prior to the vehicle fleeing the scene.
The Subaru came to a stop at the intersection of Cork Street and Flinders Parade where the occupants of the vehicle, believed to be two women, fled on foot and were unable to be located.
The two officers received minor injuries as a result of the

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Police are investigating a serious traffic incident involving a 4WD and a pedestrian last night.
At about 6.20pm, two men were walking along Nambour Connection Road at the northern entry to James Low Bridge when one of the men stepped into the path of southbound traffic and struck by a vehicle towing a trailer.
The a 34-year-old was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with serious head injuries.
The driver of the vehicle was not physically injured as a result of the incident.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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A police officer on a motorcycle had a lucky escape yesterday after a motorist allegedly deliberately swerved into his path at Harlaxton causing the officer to take evasive action to avoid being hit.
The Road Policing officer was conducting patrols along the New England Highway when he attempted to pull over a car at around 12.30pm.
It will be alleged the driver failed to stop for the officer and began moving his vehicle from side to side before abruptly cutting in front of the police motorcycle.
The vehicle sped off and was located crashed into a tree off the highway near Mount Luke.
Police dog squad teams tracked the driver for several hours through bushland and rural properties before losing the track.
Information provided to police led them to Crows Nest where the man was taken into custody at around 5pm.
A 42-year-old Toowoomba man was denied police bail and is due to appear in

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Police are investigating after a vehicle rammed a police car at Deception Bay yesterday evening.
At about 7.15pm, police observed a white Subaru wagon being driven suspiciously at an address in Bailey Road.
When police parked behind the vehicle, the Subaru reversed at speed into the police car. Police exited their vehicle prior to the Subaru reversing into the police car three more times causing extensive damage to the police vehicle.
Police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device puncturing all four tyres of the Subaru prior to the vehicle fleeing the scene in a northerly direction.
The Subaru came to a stop at the intersection of Cork Street and Flinders Parade where the occupants of the vehicle then decamped on foot and were unable to be located.
The two officers received minor injuries as a result of the collision with the Subaru.
Investigations are continuing.
 
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Police have charged a 16-year-old boy with more than 30 offences after a vehicle was allegedly driven dangerously in the Woodridge and Calamvale area overnight.
At around 9:45pm Polair observed a car which had been reported stolen from Runaway Bay on August 8 being driven on Damalis Street in Woodridge.
Officers tracked the vehicle before successfully deploying tyre deflation devices on Compton Road in Karawatha.
The car then continued to drive before crashing near the intersection of Calam Road and Compton Road in Sunnybank Hills.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle then allegedly fled on foot before being taken into custody in the yard of a nearby property at around 11:50pm.
No one was physically injured during the incident.
A 16-year-old boy from Algester has been charged with 14 counts of burglary, six counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, five counts of enter dwelling with intent, two counts each of dangerous operation

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Acting Inspector Donna Stewart hopes to inspire kids to follow forensic careers
A new not-for-profit book series aims to educate and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Each of the ‘That’s RAD! Science’ books explains a different scientific career in a fun, engaging way, using stories to show kids how the career works, and providing activities, quizzes and hands-on science.
Acting Inspector Donna Stewart, QPS Forensic Manager for the South East Area, is the author of ‘Our Mum is a Forensic Scientist’, the third book in the series.
The book introduces children to the unique role of QPS members like Acting Inspector Stewart, who is both a police officer and a scientist.
It also explains DNA and fingerprinting and shows how forensic science helps solve mysteries and identify offenders – even if the offence is just ‘tracking mud all over the carpet’!
Acting Inspector Stewart earned a Bachelor of Biomedical Science

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Yesterday, officers from the Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) Charters Towers charged a 21-year-old Charters Towers man with a number of offences following an incident at a camping ground earlier this month.
On August 4, it is alleged a man armed with a firearm fired a number of shots near a group of people at a Charters Towers camping area.
Yesterday, MOCS (Rural) officers located and charged a 21-year-old man. He was charged with a number of offences including unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon whilst under the influence of liquor or a drug, dangerous conduct with a weapon, discharge a weapon in a public place and unlawful possession of suspected stolen property.
The man will next appear in the Charters Towers Magistrates Court on September 3.

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