December 24, 2024
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash at the top of the Cooyar Range on Monday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of the New England Highway and Kingaroy-Cooyar Road just after 2:30pm.
A silver Toyota RAV4 was travelling eastwards on Kingaroy-Cooyar Road when it allegedly sideswiped a grey Subaru Outback that was travelling in the opposite direction.
The RAV4 continued on before crashing into a tree and rolling.
A police spokesperson said the driver, a 66-year-old Torquay man, suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.
The female driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash are continuing.
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A man aged in his 20s was transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition with a suspected head injury after a single-vehicle crash on Mount Stanley Road at East Nanango just before midnight on Friday.
