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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 her 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. |
| 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 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. |
| “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,” | “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,” |
| Australia’s road deaths at lowest level in four years | Australia’s road deaths at lowest level in four years |
| 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 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 children were all under 10. | The children were all under 10. |
| Police say the family was from Eli Waters at Hervey Bay, about three hours’ drive from the crash scene. | |
| 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. | 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,” Insp Graeme Paine told the ABC. | “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. |
| In Victoria, four people died on the state’s roads on Monday night, including a woman who died in a hit-and-run crash. A 31-year-old man from Cairnlea surrendered to police on Tuesday morning after the woman, believed to be in her 20s or 30s, was killed in the crash in Melbourne’s west. | |
| The victim was allegedly hit by a black Holden Commodore on Ballarat Road, Ardeer, before her body was found about 7.40pm on Monday. She was yet to be formally identified. | |
| In other crashes overnight, two people died at Mt Eliza on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula about 11.15pm. The incident unfolded on the Nepean Highway, when a north-bound vehicle hit an oncoming vehicle. The driver and passenger of the north-bound vehicle died at the scene, while the driver of the other vehicle was taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries. | |
| Earlier, a man believed in his 20s was killed when the car he was travelling in crashed into a pole at Red Cliffs near Mildura, about 8.45pm. The two other occupants of the vehicle, also men believed to be men in their 20s, were taken to hospital. | |
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