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Brayden is a Community Reporter for Quest Newspapers and The Courier-Mail. He has covered community news in Brisbane’s southeast for almost a decade and writes on everything from general news, development, crime, sport and more.

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Brayden Heslehurst

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QLD News

SIX vehicles have been involved in a crash on the Gateway Motorway in Belmont this morning.One person is still trapped in a vehicle with suspected serious head injuries after the crash at 9:12am this morning.Firefighters are attending the scene trying to remove the person from the vehicle with the jaws of life.Three other patients are being accessed with minor injuries after the crash that was heading northbound near the Wynnum Road offramp.Critical care and high acuity response paramedics and police are on the scene. It is believed a truck was one of the vehicles involved in the pile up.Traffic is crawling as they merge four lanes into one lane.

This is the most dangerous time to drive in Brisbane

The organisation behind Brisbane’s toll roads has revealed which days motorists are most at risk of being in a crash and where they are more likely to happen.

QLD News

Striking workers outside the Brisbane International Airport terminal.

‘Expect delays’: Warning as strike action hits Brisbane Airport

Passengers attempting to fly in or out of Brisbane Airport could be hit by delays today, with dozens of key workers walking off the job in a protest over wages and conditions.

QLD News

Brendyn Christ, who was killed in a tragic motorbike crash at Brassall on August 11, with his daughter.

‘Should be celebrating your birthday’: Moving tributes to crash victim

Friends and family of a young father have been left devastated after he was tragically killed in a motorbike crash just days before his birthday.

Police & Courts

Detective Inspector Steve Hollands has retired from the Queensland Police after almost 42 years.

Decorated Qld cop behind Childers Backpacker fire investigation retires

One of Queensland’s top cops, who helped solve one of the state’s most horrific crimes which killed 15 people has called it a day after almost 42 years.

Logan

WATCH: Man arrested after attempted Logan bank robbery

Police have released vision of the moments a man, who has been named, was arrested after allegedly threatening a teller in an attempted bank robbery south of Brisbane.

South West

Adam Doolan (second from the right) and his family. Picture: GoFundMe

‘We weren’t done’: Father remembered after fatal car rollover

A father who was killed in a tragic crash when the car he was driving rolled over in Brisbane’s southwest has been remembered as family and friends prepare to say their final goodbyes.

Southeast

Cody Maidens, 40, was arrested by police on 89 property crime and drug offences after a two-month investigation. Picture: QPS

NAMED: 89 charges after man allegedly targets Brisbane car parks

Police have released video of the moment a man was arrested after allegedly targeting underground carparks in some of Brisbane’s ritzy inner-city suburbs. WATCH THE VIDEO

Community News

A critical care paramedic is en route to a Tin Can Bay crash between a motorbike and car.

Police probe serious crash west of Brisbane

Police have commenced an investigation into a crash on a major highway west of Brisbane that saw two men rushed to hospital in a critical condition on Monday.

Southeast

A heavy truck caused traffic delays in Brisbane's south this morning when it rolled over near a major road. Picture: Rebekah Sykes

PICTURES: Truck rolls over on major southside suburban road

Not everything went to plan for one truck driver working on Monday morning after his truck rolled over on a major suburban road in Brisbane’s south. Sherwood Rd in Rocklea has also been temporarily closed.

UpdatedLogan

A police officer at a gas leak in Earhart Street, Wilsonton, Friday, June 07, 2013. Photo Kevin Farmer / The Chronicle

Hunt for killer driver after woman mowed down on footpath

A driver involved in a hit and run at Logan on Friday remains on the run more than 24 hours after a pedestrian was struck and later died in hospital.

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