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Premium Content Subscriber only With Christmas and New Year’s on the horizon there is no shortage of high traffic, parties, and subsequently more need for safety on Gympie’s roads. Out of 21 crashes throughout the region in December last year, 12 ended with at least one person in hospital. At this time of year, Queensland Police Service are encouraging drivers to remember the fatal five of speeding, drink driving, seatbelts, drug driving, medication and driving, fatigue and distractions, to keep yourself and loved ones safe. As people are urged to stay safe on our roads, we look bac...

Premium Content Subscriber only TWELVE men and women faced Gympie Magistrates Court last week after they made the decision to get behind the wheel with alcohol or drugs in their system. From alcohol readings nearly four times the legal limit to P-platers driving drunk on the beach, these locals have been found guilty of drink or drug driving this week.   Rachel Frances Hill Rachel Frances Hill, 32, had her licence suspended when she was caught driving while almost four times the limit - 0.189 - along Exhibition Road on November 25. Gympie Magistrates Court heard this week Hill was then...

Premium Content Subscriber only BEFORE blowing nearly four times the legal limit, a disqualified learner driver was seen by police performing multiple burnouts in the Gympie CBD and blocking other vehicles on the road. Luke Wayne Hunter, a scaffolder from New South Wales pleaded guilty to all charges on Monday at Gympie Magistrates Court. Police prosecutor Melissa Campbell said police were performing patrols at 7:30pm on July 3, in the Gympie CBD when their attention was drawn to a Ford station wagon creating a large cloud of smoke. “The vehicle turned left into a one-way section of Mary St...