{"id":358819,"date":"2025-03-24T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=358819"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:48:21","slug":"second-crash-victim-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/03\/24\/second-crash-victim-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Crash Victim Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March 24, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 78-year-old Murgon man critically injured in a crash at Goomeri on Thursday has died in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said the man died in the Royal Brisbane Hospital on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency\u00a0 services were called to the single-vehicle crash on the Wide Bay Highway, between Grant Road and Boonara Street, about 1:40pm on March 20<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters had to cut the rear doors off the wrecked vehicle to free the occupants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A rescue helicopter then airlifted the injured driver to Brisbane.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the cause of the crash are continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or relevant dashcam footage has been urged to contact police.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/03\/20\/woman-killed-in-crash-2\/\">Woman Killed In Crash<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 78-year-old Murgon man critically injured in a crash at Goomeri on Thursday has died in hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":320494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[25,100,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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