Ten cars, five crashes, one night
Police are investigating following five separate traffic crashes in Tanawha on the Sunshine Coast on the night of 2 July.
Officers were called to the Bruce Highway near Ilkley Road just before 8pm after a car travelling northbound left the road and collided with a barrier.
The driver, a 37-year-old Graceville man, then exited the vehicle on foot, and ran across the Highway into southbound traffic.
A car swerved to avoid colliding with the pedestrian and subsequently rolled multiple times.
The pedestrian was struck by another vehicle a short time later.
He received minor injuries and was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
A B-double truck that was travelling northbound at the time, swerved to avoid the initial crash scene, striking a vehicle in the left hand lane, causing it to roll.
In total, ten vehicles were involved in five separate traffic crashes, with six people transported to hospital with minor injuries.
Witness or anyone with relevant dashcam footage or CCTV is urged to contact police.
Investigations are continuing.
Kidnapping
Police have charged two men with multiple offences following an alleged kidnapping in North Brisbane on 29 June.
It will be alleged at approximately 2am, a man and a woman were at a park in Everton Park when they were threatened and kidnapped by two men and taken into an SUV.
The SUV travelled south to the Gold Coast, where it came to a stop at a carpark along Smith Street in Parkwood.
A 33-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman managed to escape the vehicle shortly after 8am and called for help.
Police attended and located two men asleep in the vehicle. They were taken into custody without incident.
It will be further alleged that police located zip ties, bleach, rubber gloves, hacksaw blades, plastic sheeting, aluminium foil, wire snips and a blowtorch in the vehicle along with a quantity of cash and drugs.
A 35-year-old Jamisontown (NSW) man and a 36-year-old Thornton (NSW) man have each been charged with two counts of kidnapping, two counts of deprivation of liberty and two counts of torture as well as one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and robbery.
They were both denied police bail and were expected to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on 30 June.
Fatal crash
A motorcyclist has died following a crash on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday night, 28 June.
Preliminary information indicates just before midnight a black Suzuki DRZ motorbike was travelling westbound along Sunset Drive near the intersection of Allamanda Avenue, when it has struck a white Toyota Camry parked on the road.
A nearby resident raised the alarm and provided immediate first aid to the critically injured rider ahead of the emergency response, however, the 35-year-old Diamond Valley man died at the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit will investigate the circumstances and call for witnesses, especially those with dashcam of the rider in the area at the time to come forward.
Police appeal directly to a second motorbike rider seen travelling in the vicinity of the crash to come forth as a witness.
Police have clarified that early investigations indicate a motorcycle may have been heard in the area at the time of the fatal motorcycle crash.
There is no suggestion a second motorcycle nor rider was involved in the crash, or was in the vicinity at the time of the fatal crash.
