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  1. Police search for fail-to-stop driver after 92yo killed in crash
    By Josh Dye

    A car rolled and smashed into a power pole, killing its elderly passenger, after swerving to avoid a car driving the wrong way on the New England Highway in southern Queensland.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/pol

    #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Police #DeathandDying #LawCrimeandJustice #Crime #TrafficOffences #CommunityandSociety #JoshDye

  2. Breaking: Almost 900 workers evacuated after chemical spill at meat processing plant

    Five people were hospitalised after the liquid ammonia spill occurred just after midnight at a meat processing facility in Ipswich.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/che

    #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents

  3. Breaking: Six passengers from hantavirus cruise ship 'in good health', minister says
    By Kate Christian

    Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of the deadly hantavirus outbreak are "in good health", as the Australian government remains hopeful it will finalise plans to repatriate them within 48 hours.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/hon

    #PublicHealth #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Crime #KateChristian

  4. Person dies after being hit by plane in the US

    A person who jumped a fence at a US airport has been killed after being struck by a plane during take-off.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/per

    #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #AirIncidents

  5. Climbers winched to safety after overnight ordeal in the Warrumbungles
    By Jen McCutcheon

    A falling rock sparks a tense rescue in the Warrumbungle National Park in central-western New South Wales.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/cli

    #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Hiking #JenMcCutcheon

  6. Eight dead and 35 injured after train collides with public bus in Bangkok
    By Anna Cox

    Footage of the incident shows a group of vehicles queuing across a railway line, before a cargo train suddenly ploughs into the side of the bus and pushes it into oncoming traffic.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/ban

    #RailAccidentsandIncidents #TransportAccidentsandIncidents #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Trains #RailTransportIndustry #EmergencyServices #AnnaCox

  7. Rottnest shark attack victim identified as Steven Mattaboni
    By Andrew Williams

    The 38-year-old Perth man who died while spearfishing off the coast of Western Australia's Rottnest Island on Saturday morning is identified as father-of-two Steven Mattaboni.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/ste

    #SharkAttacks #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #MarineIncidents #Police #AndrewWilliams

  8. Two men injured in cattle truck incident at central Queensland property
    By Scout Wallen and Megan Hughes

    Emergency services are called to a central Queensland property after an incident on a cattle truck leaves one man in a critical condition.

    abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/men

    #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #BeefCattle #TransportIndustry #ScoutWallen #MeganHughes