Body boarder dies after after being pulled from waters at Greenmount Beach, near Coolangatta

A body boarder has died after being pulled from the water near the Gold Coast’s most famous surf break, the same day the city’s southern beaches reopened to the public.

A body boarder has died after being pulled from the water near some of Gold Coast’s world famous surf breaks, the same day the city’s southern beaches reopened to the public.

Early reports suggested boardriders discovered the man face down in the water about 9am off McDonald St at Coolangatta.

The scene at Coolangatta beach where, an hour earlier, a man died after being pulled from the surf but couldnt be revived. Picture Glenn Hampson

Queensland Ambulance Gold Coast senior operations supervisor Adam Flory said it appeared the man hit a sandbank while boogie boarding at Greenmount.

“When we arrived on scene the Gold Coast City lifeguards were doing CPR on the beach with a 50-year-old male,” he said.

“What’s believed to have occurred, is this person has hit a sandbank and has become unconscious and was pulled from the surf.

“We had some bystanders that saw the incident occur who immediately reacted and pulled him out of the water and then were assisted by GCCC lifeguards.”

Council’s chief lifeguard Chris Maynard told the Bulletin lifesavers commenced CPR immediately, trying in vain to revive the man in cardiac arrest.

Multiple crews from NSW Ambulance and Queensland Ambulance including critical care paramedics joined attempts to resuscitate the man.

Picture: Glenn Hampson

It comes after Gold Coast beaches were in recent days slammed with giant surf, at times reaching up to six metres high as result of ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth.

A Bureau of Meteorology spokeswoman Helen Reid said: “(Waves have been about) generally two metres high but has picked up to three metres,” she said.

“The wave height has gotten up to 6 metres in the past couple of days.”

Northern beaches remain closed as another king tide approaches, however, beaches south of Burleigh reopened on Wednesday morning.

Despite the surf currently appearing “quite clean and small,” Mr Flory urged beach-goers to remain vigilant when entering the water.

Picture: Glenn Hampson

“The surf is actually quite small compared to what it’s been over the last couple of days,” he said. “... At the moment it’s quite clean and small.”

“Take the advice from the experts, stay safe and look after your mates.”

It follows last month’s tragedy in which talented young jockey Chris Caserta drowned at Surfers Paradise after being swept out to sea in a late-night swim.

A three-year-old boy also died in a Christmas Eve tragedy at Labrador’s Ian Dipple Lagoon.

National drownings increased 20 per cent up to 294 deaths in 2021.

Sixty six of those deaths were in Queensland, and 99 in New South Wales.

In total there were 968 drowning incidents, 674 were non-fatal.

Child among three in Christmas Day head-on

December 25, 2021

A child is among three people tended to by paramedics after two vehicles collided head-on in the Gold Coast hinterland.

The incident occurred about 1.45pm on Christmas Day along a notorious stretch of road at Tallebudgera Connection Rd in Currumbin Valley.

Two vehicles collision at Currumbin Valley. Picture: Andrew Anderson

Both police and paramedics attended the scene, with traffic control also taking place.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said no serious injuries were sustained by two adults and the child. Further treatment was not required.

It comes as wet weather sets in across the city, dampening roads and causing hazardous driving conditions.

Motorists are urged to drive with caution.

Kids hurt after car hits trolley in Upper Coomera

December 18, 2021

Police are investigating after a car hit two young boys while they were reportedly crossing the road in a trolley with a woman.

Emergency services were called to the incident on Forest Oak Dr and Jagera Dr about 8.10pm Friday at Upper Coomera.

The two boys and woman were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in stable conditions with minor injuries.

Police said the boys were inside a carriage when they were knocked over in a low speed collision with a car.

In a separate unrelated incident, a woman in her 20s was taken to GCUH in a stable condition with a leg injury and grazes following a vehicle and pedestrian incident on West Burleigh Rd and James St at 7.32pm.

Horse rider seriously injured in nasty hinterland fall – December 17

PARAMEDICS have taken a horse rider to hospital suffering from a serious head injury after a fall in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), including the High Acuity Response Unit, was called to Greensward Rd at Tamborine about 8.50am on Friday.

Paramedics treated a woman “in a serious condition with a head injury following a fall from a horse”, according to a statement.

The rider of an undisclosed age was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital at Brisbane.

Energex tracks down cause of Coast power outage

December 15: Energex has fixed an outage which left more than 1000 homes and businesses without electricity.

Crews were patrolling to determine the cause of the outage impacting Biggera Waters, Runaway Bay and Labrador at 8.45am on Wednesday.

The outage affected 767 customers at Biggera Waters, 227 at Runaway Bay and 90 at Labrador, according to the Energex Emergency Outages tracker online.

Reports emerged of the outage affecting the operation of traffic lights.

However, Energex was not able to confirm traffic lights had been affected.

“If anyone has seen anything out of sorts with the network please give our emergency line a call on 131 962,” a spokesman said.

Energex provided an update on the outage about 9.40am and said all but 35 customers in Biggera Waters had their power back on.

“The cause was a piece of underground equipment failed on Parr St, Biggera Waters,” the spokesman said.

Crews were continuing to work on the equipment.

Man seriously injured in dramatic early morning smash

Earlier: A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car ploughed into several parked vehicles on the Gold Coast.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Jade Dr at Molendinar just after 6am on Wednesday.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics, including a critical care paramedic, took a man aged in his 20s to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious but stable condition, a spokeswoman said.

QAS was not able to provide more information about the injuries suffered in the crash.

Queensland Police officers were also called to Jade Dr after the man “crashed into parked cars”, a spokeswoman said.

Police were working to track down the owners of the vehicles damaged in the incident.

It was not yet clear what caused the man to lose control of his car.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) also responded after the crash, but did not need to fight a fire and the driver was not trapped in the vehicle.

The scene was made safe and QFES left the area about 6.35am

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