July 25, 2016
Police have confirmed the victim of Thursday night’s fatal crash east of Mt Binga National Park was an 85-year-old Blackbutt resident.
The man was travelling home along Pierces Creek Road when his vehicle left the gravel, hit a tree and burst into flames.
He was pulled from the wreckage of his burning car by an Army cadet on a night helicopter patrol and then flown by an RACQ LifeFlight helicopter to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition.
He later died of his injuries.
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