August 23, 2023
A driver was lucky to escape injury when a vehicle pulling a caravan overturned near Booubyjan on Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the incident on the Burnett Highway about 1:40pm.
A QAS spokesperson said paramedics assessed one person at the scene, but they were uninjured and declined transport to hospital.
Traffic on the highway was disrupted while emergency crews were at the scene.
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Murgon police are investigating the theft of about six metres of suction hose, with fittings and a valve attached, from a property at Coverty.
The thieves entered the property on Coverty Road between 2:00pm on August 6 and 9:00am on August 9.
Anyone with information has been encouraged to contact police.
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A 21-year-old Cherbourg man will appear in the Murgon Magistrates Court on September 5 charged with drug possession after police stopped a vehicle on the Bunya Highway at Murgon on August 21.
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A vehicle parked in a health facility car park on Fisher Street in Cherbourg was broken into about 3:15am on August 19.
The driver’s side window was smashed to gain entry but it is not known if anything was stolen.
