Man fighting for life after boat and jet ski collide in Chandler
A man is fighting for life and two young children are in hospital after a jetski and boat collided at a popular family area.
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A man is fighting for life and three others are in hospital after a jet ski and boat crash near Brisbane.
Emergency services were called to Tingalpa Creek in Chandler in Brisbane’s south at 12:15pm on Sunday after hearing of the accident.
A 30-year-old Birkdale man, who was the skipper of the boat, was rushed to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition.
The other three passengers of the boat, two boys aged three and five and a 29-year-old man, were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The two people on the jet ski, two young men aged 19 and 20, were not injured in the accident.
Queensland Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.
Officers have seized the boat and jet ski while they conduct their investigation.
Originally published as Man fighting for life after boat and jet ski collide in Chandler
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