Coffs Coast Advocate

‘Beyond pathetic’: Shut up and fix QLD’s lethal goat track

OPINION: Can someone please explain how QLD’s four lane highway has only made it 170km north of Brisbane in 20 years?

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02nd Sept. 2020 1:09 PM

It is unfathomable that a two-lane solution for the dangerous Bruce Highway stretch at Tiaro is still being considered, instead of a four-lane answer.

Gympie region’s most deadly roads revealed

The dire numbers speak for themselves, with one local road accounting for 10% of 136 fatal crashes in the past 18 years

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01st Sept. 2020 12:09 AM

Tin Can Bay Rd has been revealed as the region’s deadliest road outside of the Bruce Highway, with 13 fatal crashes (including this one at Goomboorian) happening on the stretch between 2001 and 2018.

Man suffers serious injuries in Mary Valley bike crash

Paramedics had to be driven into the state forest where the man was riding with friends

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28th Aug. 2020 6:08 PM

A man suffered serious injuries when he came off his bike while riding in a state forest in the Mary Valley this morning.

BREAKING: Police, fireys called to crash near Woolooga

Emergency services rush to scene of single-vehicle crash

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27th Aug. 2020 6:08 PM

Police have been called to a single car crash near Woolooga this afternoon.

Police describe ‘disturbing’ scene of fatal Wallu crash

The accident near Tin Can Bay on Wednesday afternoon claimed the life of a woman from The Dawn.

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27th Aug. 2020 3:08 PM

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a “disturbing” fatal crash at Wallu, south of Tin Can Bay yesterday. Photo: Generic

More details, photos from serious Tin Can Bay Rd crash

A man was trapped for more than an hour in a serious crash that blocked Tin Can Bay Rd in peak traffic time this morning.

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24th Aug. 2020 12:08 PM

The wreckage of a car a man was trapped in after he hit a tree at high impact on Tin Can Bay Rd early Monday morning. Picture: Contributed

‘Speechless’: 100 donors give $8000 for devastated family

Makeshift memorial appears as tragic death of 21-year-old Imbil son Jorn Gilbert rocks the tight-knit community

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10th Aug. 2020 2:08 PM

Almost $8000 has been raised for the family of Imbil’s Jorn Gilbert, who tragically died following a car crash late last week. The organisers of the GoFundMe page say the support has left them ‘speechless’. Photo: Social media

Car rolls over in Rainbow Beach crash

Paramedics have been called to the region’s second crash in 24 hours

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07th Aug. 2020 10:08 AM

The driver of a car travelling on Rainbow Beach Rd has had a lucky escape after the vehicle crashed and rolled. Photo: Zizi Averill. Generic

Man taken to hospital after car ploughs into Gympie property

The out-of-control car tore through bushes near Gympie High, and collided with a couple’s steel-reinforced concrete...

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04th Aug. 2020 11:08 AM

Nick Heather with the wreckage of his front fence and yard after a car smashed into it.

Close call as car slams into Gympie fence

A Gympie couple's quiet evening took a shocking turn when a car lost control

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04th Aug. 2020 10:08 AM

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