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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Two people have died in separate Queensland traffic incidents, with emergency services responding to a string of crashes and assaults overnight that left 30 others in hospital.<\/p>\n A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said the Forensic Crash Unit was investigating a fatal crash at Spring Mountain, south\u2011west of Brisbane, after a 21-year-old woman died on Saturday.<\/p>\n The spokesperson said two Toyota LandCruisers \u2013 one purple and one white \u2013 collided on Centenary Highway near exit 33 while travelling in opposite directions about 5.25pm on Friday.<\/p>\n The driver of the purple LandCruiser, a 21\u2011year\u2011old woman from Purga, near Ipswich, was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition and died on Saturday.<\/p>\n The white LandCruiser\u2019s driver, a 23\u2011year\u2011old Greenbank man, sustained minor injuries and was also taken to the PA Hospital.<\/p>\n Police were also investigating the death of an 89\u2011year\u2011old man who was killed at Earlville in south-west Cairns on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Emergency services were called to Mulgrave Road about 3.54pm after reports the man had been struck by a bus. He died at the scene.<\/p>\n Investigations into the cause of the crash were ongoing, and police appealed for witnesses or dashcam footage.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said paramedics took dozens of people to hospital overnight following incidents across the state.<\/p>\n In Brisbane, a man in his 60s was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital with leg and shoulder injuries after he fell from a motorcycle on Gap Creek Road, Mount Coot\u2011tha, shortly before 5am.<\/p>\n Earlier, a man in his 20s was taken to the same hospital after a reported assault on Brunswick Street in Fortitude Valley about 4.15am.<\/p>\n Four people were also taken to hospital after a two\u2011vehicle crash at the Murri Way and Wickham Street intersection in Fortitude Valley about 11.26pm. One of the vehicles subsequently hit a building.<\/p>\n Two of the patients were taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital and two to the RBWH. All were in stable conditions, the QAS spokesperson said.<\/p>\n South of Brisbane, a motorcycle rider in his 30s was taken to the PA Hospital with significant leg injuries following a collision with a vehicle on Rochedale Road in Springwood just after 12.40am on Sunday.<\/p>\n Five people were taken to Logan Hospital after a two\u2011vehicle crash on Compton Road, Woodridge, shortly after 11pm on Saturday, while a sixth person declined transport.<\/p>\n Two teenage males were also taken to Logan Hospital following a multi\u2011vehicle incident involving e\u2011scooters on Illaweena Street at Drewvale about 8.59pm. Two more patients with minor injuries were taken to the same hospital after a three\u2011vehicle collision on Teys Road in Beenleigh.<\/p>\n In Ipswich, a man in his 50s was taken to Ipswich Hospital with significant leg injuries after being struck by a vehicle at Fernvale shortly before 11pm. Another man in his 20s was taken to the same hospital following a reported assault at Leichhardt in Ipswich.<\/p>\n A woman was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital after her vehicle struck a pole at Bilinga on the Gold Coast just after 1am. A separate two\u2011vehicle crash at Gaven, also on the Gold Coast, resulted in one patient being taken to the same hospital.<\/p>\n Further north, four teenage males were taken to Woorabinda Hospital, west of Gladstone, after their vehicle crashed into a tree at Coomoo, while other incidents saw patients taken to hospitals in Mackay, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay and Redcliffe.<\/p>\n All patients taken by paramedics overnight were reported to be in stable conditions, the QAS spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Emergency](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/317dc1caa5923a4e964a611d3105a12f9ad916ea81e7c4f1686a9531087daa1f.jpeg\")
Emergency services have responded to a string of incidents across Queensland overnight.Queensland Police<\/p>\n