Mackay cane train driver critically injured after locomotive collides with truck

A Mackay cane train driver suffers critical injuries after colliding with a truck at a level crossing in north Queensland.

Police urge motorists to be train smart following third train related crash in two weeks

A train driver is reportedly trapped and the train derailed after it and a truck collided at Oakenden.The crash occurred at the Eton-Homebush and Standfords roads intersections just after 12pm Monday.
The Toowoomba Chronicle

Third train related crash in a fortnight sparks police warning

This is the third crash incident in two weeks involving a vehicle and a Mackay Sugar cane train. Senior Sergeant Kyle Gould ...
The Weekly Times

Mackay Sugar fined $100,000 for workplace incident at Racecourse Sugar Mill

One of the nation’s biggest sugar companies has been fined after a gruesome “dragging” incident in which a worker lost several fingers. Acting Magistrate Patricia Kirkman-Scroope on Thursday slapped ...

Fires break out at Marian Mill, Cape Palmerston National Park, Slade Point

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said firefighters were called to the Marian Mill, west of Mackay, after 2pm to reports of a fire in the roof of a shed. A fire has broken out at a Marian Mill ...