Officers from the Caloundra CIB later charged the 28-year-old man with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. Caloundra CIB officer-in-charge Richard Mann said the alleged victim sustained serious injuries when his head hit the concrete. Acting Sergeant Mann said the man sustained skull fractures as a result. It would have caused the brain to rattle inside the skull, Sergeant Mann said. He s really lucky to not require surgery, just from the way he hit the ground. It could have been so much worse. Sergeant Mann said according to witness statements, the alleged victim had been asked to take a photograph of a woman on the dancefloor when the alleged offender approached and had words with him.
His wife was a passenger in the car. The Nissan SUV which crashed into a tree on David Low Way, Pacific Paradise on Sunday morning. Picture: Scott Sawyer Residents rushed out to help and firefighters used the jaws of life to cut the occupants free, in a desperate bid to save their lives. The pair was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital but the man died shortly after the crash. Senior Sergeant Edwards said the woman, 69, died about 10pm on Sunday. He said the man, who was the driver, had run a well-known building company. More to come.
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Darren reportedly suffered a severe brain injury and never regained consciousness. Christopher was arrested in Emu Park, near Rockhampton, on March 12 and detectives said he had been charged with grievous bodily harm earlier this week. Darren Adcock pictured with his two sons. Picture: Supplied. That charge was expected to be withdrawn in court in Rockhampton on Monday, April 12, when Christopher was expected to appear via videolink and the charge was set to be replaced with one count of unlawful striking causing death. Darren s sister, Sharlene Martin, said her late brother was a loving, selfless person . He d do anything to help anybody, she said.
“This shows that anywhere, anytime, you can expect to see police on our roads,” he said.
“We can pop up near industrial locations, residential or major arterials.
“We are tired of having to go to serious road crashes, where people’s loved ones are being harmed, injured or killed.”
It comes after a similar operation on the Bruce Highway at the Glasshouse Mountains last week when more than 700 motorists were subject to a roadside test.
Of those, 16 people recorded positive readings for drug and alcohol.
Unlike the Bruce Highway sting where motorists were diverted off the highway, the Maroochydore Rd operation will be done at random.
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Subscriber only An aspiring police officer claimed he didn t see or hear police lights and sirens as he sped away from them, a court has heard. Justin Rene Valery Chapelain told police he didn t know they were behind him when he failed to stop on January 23 in Noosa Heads. Police prosecutor Alison Johnstone said officers followed Chapelain into Viewland Drive before he accelerated up a hill and turned left into Edgar Bennett Avenue without indicating and accelerated heavily . Police followed and it pulled rapidly away, police then activated their lights and sirens as they followed after the vehicle, Sergeant Johnstone said.