Drama-free beat

A head on collision on Rainbow Beach Road was captured on film by another driver…

A head on collision on Rainbow Beach Road was captured on film by another driver…

By Senior Constable Mick Emery

As we near the end of the summer holidays, there have been very few newsworthy incidents for me to write about. Ironically, across our busiest time of the year – complete with thousands of extra visitors in town – there has been less drama than in the so-called ‘quieter’ months…

Everyone I speak to remarks about what a ‘chilled out’ holiday crowd it was this year, with families enjoying great weather on mostly bogan-free beaches…

We have managed to relocate a couple of disorderly campers from Inskip – in much the same way as troublesome crocodiles are relocated up north: caught and transported a safe distance away (in our case to the Gympie Watch House…)

Yet jobs like that have been few and far between, and we’ve generally patrolled most of the beaches without incident as well. In fact, when I’m patrolling back towards town, one of the most common questions I get asked is in relation to surf conditions at the Point.

A couple of locals, appreciative of the updates, have even gone so far as to say that our police motto should be: ‘to protect and surf…’

I guess we can only hope that the year continues to be so trouble free.

We did, however, have one very lucky ‘near miss’. Two cars were involved in a head on collision on Rainbow Beach Road in a 100kmh zone. The west-bound driver was driving so badly – swerving onto the wrong side of the road – that the vehicle behind it had activated a camera just prior to the crash, and captured the moment of impact.

A head on collision on Rainbow Beach Road was captured on film by another driver…  ...and here is the result!

…and here is the result!

The photo shows just how far the blue car had drifted – nearly off the other side of the road – and completely into the path of the oncoming red car. Both drivers were taken to hospital and we are awaiting toxicology results to determine if the bad driving was the result of drug impairment.

As chilled out as we hope this year continues to be, please don’t relax on our roads – you just never know who is coming the other way…

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