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Alleged motorbike thief injured in crash
AAP
An alleged motorbike thief has suffered serious injuries after crashing the bike into a taxi in north Queensland.
Police say the 33-year-old Brisbane man was fleeing from them when he collided with the taxi at a Cairns intersection on Thursday afternoon.
The taxi driver escaped serious injury, but the motorbike rider was taken to Cairns Base Hospital.
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