Man charged with drink driving after car slams into pole
A 36-year-old man has been charged with drink driving after slamming into a power pole near a Gympie fish and chip shop while allegedly more than three times the legal limit.
Police & Courts
New details emerge in shocking crash that left ute hanging in trees
Police have released new details into a crash near Gympie that left one man critically injured and a ute suspended in trees 50m from the road.
Ute ‘suspended in tree’ as chopper brought in to serious crash
One person has been airlifted in a critical condition from the scene of a dramatic crash north of Gympie where a ute was left suspended in trees on the side of a road.
Businessman fined $80k over horrific death of mate and mentor
A Qld concreter and owner of a major motocross park who failed to outfit a bobcat with safety measures has faced court over the driveway death of a builder who was his friend and mentor.
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‘Too high a risk’: Man refused bail after threats to shoot children
A Tin Can Bay man facing multiple charges including rape and threatening to shoot two children has been remanded in custody.
Not so neighbourly: Prints expose druggie’s close-to-home crime
When police searched this Gympie man’s home, they found a motorbike which belonged to someone else in his street. That was just the start of his problems.
‘So lost’: Dark theories, unknowns haunt family of missing Monique
After almost nine years and a coronial inquest, the family of a missing Hervey Bay woman are no closer getting the answers they need. Now, the are calling for a reward for information into her disappearance.
Drink and drug drivers across Gympie in January
From crashing a vehicle twice in one night to drunken hooning, Gympie traffic court deals out justice to drivers doing the wrong thing.
Mary Valley salesman busted with neighbour’s butchered cow
A Gympie court has heard how a group of friends found a cow that looked like it had been hit by a car and decided to put it out of its misery. But police thought differently.
Drunken hit and run: Mechanic in two crashes sentenced
A Gympie mechanic claims he was so drunk he can’t remember what happened the day he dashed after crashing into another car and ending up pinned under his own.
‘Victim of the plague’: Dad’s plea as P-plater caught meth driving
A desperate dad has told a court his daughter “is a victim of the plague” after she faced a serious drug driving charge.
Drug driver says illegal use started ‘as a hobby’
A 46-year-old Cedar Creek man charged with drug driving while visiting Longreach said he ‘stuffed up’.
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