A search is continuing for a woman believed to have entered the Brisbane River from a South Brisbane CityCat terminal early on Friday, as police and emergency services responded to a series of fatal crashes and serious incidents across Queensland going into Easter.
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. She has not been seen since.
Early Friday morning, police released a grainy image of the woman taken from CCTV. She was described as Caucasian, with a slim build and shoulder-length, light-brown hair.
The woman was last seen wearing a black and white dress and black sneakers with white soles. Police said the search was continuing on Friday morning and urged anyone with information to contact police.
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.
Police were also investigating a suspicious fire at a Morayfield home early on Good Friday. A QPS spokesperson said police and emergency services were called to a residence on Graham Road about 1.08am, where the property sustained minor damage and several items in the front yard were damaged or destroyed.
No injuries were reported. Police said preliminary investigations suggested there had been a disturbance involving multiple people at the address earlier in the evening. A crime scene has been established and 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.
