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UPDATED: Sunday, July 23, 6.20pm: One stable patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a single-vehicle rollover on Pikes Road and Railway Parade, Glass House Mountains, at 12.31pm.

Sunday, July 23, 6.20pm: One patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition following a fall from a motorcycle on Research Street, Coolum Beach, at 9.33am.

Sunday, July 23, 6.20am: A man in his 20s was transported to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition following a fall from a skateboard on Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, at 11.40pm last night.

Sunday, July 23, 6.20am: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services issued a smoke warning for Baringa and surrounding areas at 7.25pm last night.

This was from a fire burning at Graf Drive. No properties were at risk.

Saturday, July 22, 12.55pm: One stable patient was transported to Nambour Hospital following a three-vehicle crash on Woombye Palmwoods Road and Atkinson Road, Woombye, at 11.56am.

Friday, July 21, 6.30pm: A stable patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a vehicle and motorcycle crash on Price Street, Nambout, at 3.35pm.

Friday, July 21, 6.30pm: A patient in a stable condition was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a pedestrian and vehicle incident on Flinders Avenue, Nambour, at 3.05pm.

Friday, July 21, 6.30pm: A patient was assessed for back pain and a head laceration after a stationary truck reportedly tipped over on a worksite at Coolum Beach around 3pm.

The patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Thursday, July 20, 5pm: One stable patient was assessed following a motorcycle and vehicle crash on the Sunshine Motorway northbound at Buderim at 3.53pm. Traffic was likely to be impacted and motorists were advised to avoid the area.

The patient was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital following the crash.

Thursday, July 20, 5pm: Multiple paramedics assessed four patients, including one who was entrapped, at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Claymore Road and Albany Street, Sippy Downs, at 3.16pm.

All four patients were transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. One was in a serious but stable condition and three were in stable conditions.

Thursday, July 20, 3.40pm: A planned burn will be conducted in an 11km section of the Lower Mooloolah River Environment Reserve, Palmview, tomorrow.

Smoke will be noticed in immediate areas around the reserve, including at major roads University Way, Kawana Way and Sunshine Motorway.  

Thursday, July 20, 3pm: Paramedics took three people to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, including one in a serious condition and two in serious but stable conditions, after a two-vehicle crash on Mons Road and Parsons Road at Forest Glen at 2pm.

Thursday, July 20, 1.10pm: Police are seeking public assistance to identify a man who may be able to assist with inquiries into a serious assault in Caloundra last month.

At 11pm on June 10, a 50-year-old Moffat Beach man was on the dance floor of a bar situated on the Esplanade.

Another man approached and punched him causing him to fall and lose consciousness after hitting his head on the floor.

The man sustained a large laceration to his head requiring 11 staples and had to be hospitalised.

Anyone who may recognise the man pictured or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact police.

Thursday, July 20, 7.15am: A fine few days are ahead for the Sunshine Coast, with sunny skies forecast through until Saturday. But showers are expected to move in from Suunday, with possible falls of up to 30mm on Monday.

Daytime temperatures are forecast to remain in the low 20s for much of the next seven days, with nighttime minimums as low as seven degrees.

Wednesday, July 19, 6.40am: Paramedics were responding to reports of a single-vehicle crash into a pillar on the Bruce Highway on-ramp at Elimbah at 6.27am. Paramedics were not required.

Tuesday, July 18, 7.30am: Two men in their 20s were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, in stable conditions, after a vehicle went down an embankment on Doonan Bridge Road East at 6.40pm.

Monday, July 17, 8am: Paramedics took a male patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, in a stable condition, following a motorcycle crash on Mitchelli Court at Little Mountain at 5.24pm yesterday evening.

Monday, July 17, 7.30am: Four patients were assessed at the scene of a single-vehicle rollover on Diedrichs Court, Palmwoods, at 6.36pm last night. Three patients sustained minor injuries and were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in stable conditions, including a male in his 30s, a young male child, and a primary school aged female. Another adult patient was uninjured and declined hospitalisation.

Sunday, July 16, 7am: A patient in a stable condition with facial burns was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following flash burns from a fuel can at a private address at North Arm at 3.55pm on Saturday.

Sunday, July 16, 7am: One stable patient with a head injury was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a fall from a bicycle on Quarry Road, Caloundra West, at 3.45pm on Saturday.

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