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Woman seriously injured in Aus Day boat crash

January 26, 2026 8:02 am in by
Image: Marine Rescue

A boat crashing into rocks has marked a grim start to Australia Day in Central Queensland.

It’s understood around 3.30am Monday emergency services were called to the maritime accident at Sloping Island off the coast of Yeppoon.

A woman in her 30s was flown by rescue chopper to Rocky Hospital – in a potentially life-threatening condition with facial injuries.

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Paramedics took a man in his 50s to hospital with head and back injuries- he was taken by road in a potentially life threatening condition.

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