July 12, 2023
A 32-year-old Nanango man died in a traffic crash at Booubyjan on Wednesday morning.
A police spokesperson said initial information indicated at about 10:30am, a car and a motorhome collided on the Burnett Highway.
The driver and sole occupant of the car suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.
The driver and sole occupant of the motorhome, a 71-year-old man, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Murgon Hospital.
Police are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with dashcam vision or CCTV from the area, to come forward.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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EARLIER: It is feared a person may have died in a crash on Wednesday morning involving a car and a motorhome which has blocked the Burnett Highway north of Goomeri.
At 2:00pm, a police spokesperson said the highway was still closed between the Murgon-Gayndah Road intersection at Windera and the Isis Highway turn-off at Ban Ban Springs.
Emergency services were called to the incident, near Holroyd Road at Booubyjan, about 10:20am.
A QAS spokesperson said paramedics assessed four people at the scene.
One person was taken by ambulance to Murgon Hospital in a stable condition.
Two people declined transport.
No further information is available at this time.
[UPDATED. Published originally as “Serious Crash Blocks Highway”]
