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The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a serious traffic crash in which a police vehicle was struck on the Pacific Motorway at Upper Mount Gravatt this afternoon.
Initial information indicates around 12.10pm a marked police vehicle had attended a broken down vehicle in the right southbound lane of the motorway between the Klump Road and Logan Road exits.
A short time later, a second police vehicle which was unmarked but had emergency lights activated, was approaching the scene when it was struck from behind by a four wheel drive.
The driver of the second police vehicle, a 50-year-old male senior constable, sustained a severe laceration to his head and other minor injuries. His passenger, a 46-year-old male senior constable, sustained minor injuries.
The 44-year-old male driver of the four wheel drive and his two passengers sustained minor injuries.
All five people were transported to various hospitals.
The southbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway were reduced to

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A 25-year-old man from Western Australia had his driver’s licence immediately suspended and has been charged with high range drink driving after being intercepted by police in Cairns late last night.
Around 10.30pm, police intercepted a Subaru station wagon on Spence Street in the Cairns CBD after Cairns City Safe operators alerted them to a possible drink driver. It will be alleged the driver of the vehicle returned a BAC of 0.174.
The 25-year-old man is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on May 8, 2017.
More than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Saturday, including one driver travelling in the Airport Link Tunnel at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone.
Other high-range speeding offences include:

172km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Gaven;
151km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
147km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
137km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Leichhardt Highway, Goondiwindi.

The

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During a two hour period police will allege a 64-year-old man was beaten and burnt at an address in Highgate Hill overnight.
Around 7.45pm the 64-year-old man was drinking with two men at a Gladstone Road address when the trio became involved in an argument.
It will be alleged the two men then started to burn the victim with a lighter and aerosol can over a two hour period.
The man managed to escape and raise the alarm.
He was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for treatment to burns to his legs, arms, scalp and face.
Investigations by detectives from Dutton Park Criminal Investigation Branch resulted in two men– a 42-year-old Collingwood Park man and a 44-year-old Highgate Hill man- each being charged with torture, common assault, acts intended to maim/ disfigure/ disable and deprivation of liberty.
Both men have been denied police bail and are expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates

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Police are investigating an incident at Forest Lake last night in which a licensed premises was robbed.
Initial investigations indicate around 10.45pm, three males and a female entered the Forest Lake Boulevard business and took a number of bottles of alcohol off the shelf.
When a staff member told the group to leave, one of the males has picked up a bottle and thrown it towards the employee.
Fortunately, the bottle missed the male employee and smashed on a shelf behind.
The male picked up another bottle before throwing it at the employee, hitting him in the torso.
The group then fled the scene in a silver coloured four-wheel drive.
One man is described as aged in his 20s and wearing a black t-shirt with a skeleton pattern and white hood covering his face.
The second man is described as wearing a blue tracksuit jumper and white jeans.
The third man was wearing black pants and a black

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