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Woman and four children killed in Queensland car crash Woman and four children killed in Queensland car crash
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A woman and four children have died in a fiery head-on crash south of the Queensland town of Kingaroy. A woman and her four children have died in a fiery head-on crash south of the Queensland town of Kingaroy.
The woman and the children were in a Nissan station wagon trying to overtake a truck at Kumbia on the Bunya Highway just before 7.30pm on Monday, police said. The car hit another truck heading in the opposite direction, resulting in both vehicles catching fire.The woman and the children were in a Nissan station wagon trying to overtake a truck at Kumbia on the Bunya Highway just before 7.30pm on Monday, police said. The car hit another truck heading in the opposite direction, resulting in both vehicles catching fire.
All of the children were aged under 10. The victims were unable to escape the flames, police said. Paramedics called to the scene at Kumbia were confronted by fire, with the two vehicles alight and nearby grasslands also burning.
The woman, aged 35 from Eli Waters, was pronounced dead at the scene, along with her three children. “This is a catastrophic incident scene, it’s certainly one of the worst accidents I’ve ever seen,” a police spokesman said at the scene. “It’s just a tragedy for everyone involved,”
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A young girl also travelling in the car was transported to Kingaroy hospital with life threatening injuries. She was later flown to Queensland children’s hospital in a critical condition but died during the flight. The Hervey Bay woman, 35, died at the scene, along with three of her children. A fourth child – a girl who had suffered horrific burns – died as she was being flown to a Brisbane hospital.
The driver of the truck, a 47-year-old man, was taken to Kingaroy hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The children were all under 10.
“This is a catastrophic incident scene. It’s certainly one of the worst accidents that I’ve ever seen,” Inspector Graeme Paine told the ABC. The 47-year-old truck driver managed to free himself. He was taken to hospital with “multiple injuries”, but his life was not in danger, the ambulance service said.
“We will certainly offer whatever support we can to not only to the first responders on scene but also to the family. “We will certainly offer whatever support we can to not only to the first responders on scene but also to the family,” Insp Graeme Paine told the ABC.
“This is a tragic incident scene, the extent of devastation that will come from an incident like this not only for the family of the people involved but also the community.”“This is a tragic incident scene, the extent of devastation that will come from an incident like this not only for the family of the people involved but also the community.”
The forensic crash unit was investigating and the highway remained closed at Kumbia, just south of Kingaroy, on Tuesday morning.The forensic crash unit was investigating and the highway remained closed at Kumbia, just south of Kingaroy, on Tuesday morning.
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