Fatal marine incident, Southern Moreton Bay

Police are investigating a boat crash in the Canaipa Passage between Short Island and North Stradbroke Island yesterday.

About 11am a 3.9 metre tinny was heading north in the Canaipa Passage when it hit a marine marker.

A 30-year-old Brisbane man, who was a passenger in the boat, passed away at the scene.

The driver, a 52-year-old Edens Landing man, was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital with facial injuries.

Investigations are continuing.

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