Brisbane news live: Ten dead in horror weekend of Queensland crashes
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Ten dead in horror weekend of Queensland crashes
Ten people have died on Queensland roads at the weekend, with at least five separate crashes across the state, including one incident where four people were killed.
On Sunday in the Central Highlands, a two-vehicle crash led to the deaths of four people and closed the Capricorn Highway, when a Holden Commodore travelling towards Blackwater struck a Toyota Hilux.
The Commodore driver, a 28-year-old man, along with a six-year-old boy, seven-year-old girl and 32-year-old man died, while one of the ute's occupants, a 27-year-old man, was flown to Brisbane with life-threatening injuries and the other, a 28-year-old man, was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Police said investigations were continuing into the tragic incident. They were also appealing for information or dashcam vision from the public regarding several other crashes at the weekend, including one that killed three teens in Mackay.
Two 19-year-old boys and a 19-year-old girl died in a head-on crash on Mackay Ring Road in Glenella on Friday when they allegedly attempted to overtake a semi-trailer in their Mazda2 and collided with a Great Wall Cannon. The driver of the Great Wall, a 29-year-old Blacks Beach man, was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a serious condition.
About 10pm on Saturday at Tamborine, emergency services responded to reports a man had fallen out of a car on Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road, near the intersection of Mundoolun Connection Road, but the 26-year-old was declared deceased at the scene.
On Saturday morning, at Hivesville in the South Burnett region, an 18-year-old Kingaroy man died when he was lying on the roadway and struck by a Toyota Hilux travelling on Wondai Preston Road about 6am.
Just after 10.15am on Saturday, a 45-year-old motorcycle rider died after crashing into a trailer towed by a utility that had stopped near the intersection of Mackay Bucasia Road and the Bruce Highway at Mount Pleasant, Mackay.
6.32am
Rainy days and Mondays
A patchy start to the week is forecast for Brisbane, with a medium chance of rain today, and clearing tomorrow.
We're set for a week of cool days hovering in the low 20s, and thankfully the overnight minimums have lifted into the teens.
6.21am
While you were sleeping
Here's what's making news further afield this morning:
The first post-federal election opinion poll has revealed the scale of the battle facing Opposition Leader Sussan Ley as she seeks to rebuild a shattered Liberal Party, with support for the Coalition falling to a near-record low.
The Liberal Party faces an electoral mountain, writes senior economics correspondent Shane Wright, but there is one bright spot for Ley.
Pastor Ian Wilkinson made his return to the Korumburra Baptist Church on Sunday for the first time since Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering his wife Heather and Patterson's former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson.
In the swirl of money and suntanned women that was their Palm Beach-and-Manhattan set, Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein spent nearly 15 years mingling side by side as public friends. But behind the tabloid glamour, questions have lingered about what Trump's long association with Epstein says about his judgment and character.
And rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga has bid farewell to Australia, with the German Consulate believing she has flown back to Germany.
6.13am
The top stories this morning
Good morning, welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Monday, July 21. Today should be cloudy, with a top temperature of 21 degrees.
In this morning's local headlines:
The locations of Queensland Police's metal detection scans – where people in the crowd are hiding weapons – can be revealed for the first time.
The state government has given a first look into the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's new $184 million theatre, revealing the performance space's name ahead of its 2026 opening (and no, it's sadly not 'Theatre McTheatreface').
Almost 60 people identified as close contacts to a confirmed case of Mpox in Brisbane's south have been offered a vaccine and are isolating, as Queensland Health works to trace further potential exposures.
On Sunday, the Premier announced a knife-crime crackdown in Townsville after a man wielding a machete and knife was shot dead by police there the day before.
On Saturday night in Brisbane it was heartbreak for the Wallabies and hubris for a sea of red-jerseyed British and Irish Lions fans as the touring side scored an albeit scrappy win over the men in gold at Suncorp Stadium.
On Sunday in the NRLW, Brisbane cross-code star Kerri Johnson kept the Broncos' almost engineered a Broncos comeback against the Roosters, but a battleground for hers and other signatures could loom with marquee events on the horizon.
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