Fatal traffic crash, Hazeldean

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A man in his 20s has died following a fatal traffic crash in Hazeldean last night, 4 October.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Billy Can Creek Road and Esk Kilcoy Road just after 8.30pm, following reports a Toyota Landcruiser had lost control and crashed.
Upon arrival, officers located the driver of the vehicle, a 25-year-old Mount Pleasant man, deceased.
His two passengers, a woman and a man, were transported to hospital in non-life-threatening conditions.
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▲ 0% Assault offence occurrence has increased by 0% since August 2026.
▼ 1% Drugs offence occurrence has decreased by 1% since August 2026.
▲ 1.9% Theft offence occurrence has increased by 1.9% since August 2026.
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and courage to current and future generations, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
— Queensland PoliceCrime in the Somerset council area
Somerset is a council area in Queensland with about 26,936 residents. It has a Crime Score 50 out of 100 (moderate), 174th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (58th percentile), homicide (74th percentile), sexual offences (62nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
- Violent
- 1,288 per 100k
- Property
- 3,137 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 282 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,719 per 100k
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