Fatal at Pacific Pines

A CAR that crashed into a tree at Pacific Pines and then rolled has left one person dead and another two people suffering serious injuries and taken to hospital.

Paramedics, including Critical Care, arrived to treat the three patients after the incident on Pitcairn Way and Salvado Dve just before 5pm on Sunday.

A police spokesperson said the age and gender of the deceased person and the two others involved won’t be disclosed until family have been informed.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesperson said the other two people were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital with one in a serious but stable condition and the other in a stable condition.

QUEENSLAND’S worst redlight runners have been revealed, with drivers in Brisbane’s congested CBD proving to be the biggest risk-takers.

From January 1 to October 31, 2020, more than 22,000 infringement notices were issued by red-light cameras across Queensland, while nearly 4000 were issued by QPS

Divisions. The worst police district for red light offences – not including camera infringements – was Brisbane’s CBD with 418 infringement notices served out by QPS.

Upper Mount Gravatt proved to be the second highest area, with 198 infringements in the same time period.

Boondall recorded 190 redlight runners, Coomera had 154 and Broadbeach had 140.

In the same time frame, there were 22,836 infringement notices for red-light runners caught on camera, although the data cannot detect which areas they came from.

A Transport and Main Roads spokesman said the department has been trialling ‘Hold the Red’ technology at four southeast Queensland intersections since 2019, and the risk of crashes at those intersections has reduced by 33.5 per cent.

Two of the intersections are in Brisbane – Calamvale and Aspley – and two on the Gold Coast, at Broadbeach Waters and Ashmore.

“An independent report by Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland found, between 2018 and 2020, there was a significant reduction in crashes related to running a red light at these intersections,” the spokesman said.

“We are now investigating installing Hold the Red at other intersections across Queensland.”

RACQ spokeswoman Lauren Ritchie said running a red light in Queensland will cost drivers a $400 fine and three demerit points.