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Two people were killed Sunday after a tandem skydiving accident in New South Wales, a state in southeastern Australia.
On 2 January 2023, two Eurocopter EC130s collided mid-air and crashed near Sea World theme park in the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The collision killed four people and injured eight (three critically).
Lists of railway accidents that have occurred in each state and territory of Australia are contained in the following articles: Railway accidents in New South Wales; Railway accidents in the Northern Territory; Railway accidents in Queensland; Railway accidents in South Australia; Railway accidents in Tasmania; Railway accidents in Victoria
Following the crash the truck caught fire and the driver was pulled from the truck by bystanders. Ammonium nitrate leaked onto the Bruce Highway, a major highway in Queensland. [5] First responders ordered an evacuation of a 2.5 kilometre radius of the crash, [3] and decided to not extinguish the fire because of the inherent risk. [5]
Following the accident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau announced that a team was being assembled from Perth and Canberra to investigate the accident. [2] [7] A report of the preliminary investigation released on 3 May 2023 stated that the aircraft had hit a ridge line while dropping retardant at a low altitude.
This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year. It shows the annual number of road fatalities (road deaths or Road toll) per capita per year, per vehicle and per vehicle-km in the year the data was collected. The list includes all road users such as drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists.
The bus driver pleaded guilty to dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death, and was sentenced to 32 years in prison with a non-parole period of 24 years. It was the worst Australian road crash since 1994 when twelve people were killed when a bus overturned near Boondall, Queensland. [1] [2]
Air Accident: Leigh Creek, South Australia: 2: 2019 Jul 6: Light aircraft crash. [444] Riot: Brisbane, Queensland: 1: 1942 Nov 26–27: Battle of Brisbane. Street brawling and rioting between Australian and US military personnel. One Australian soldier was killed, over 20 Australian and US soldiers badly injured. [445] Gas Explosion: Cairns ...