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| Three teenagers killed in Queensland crash while attempting to overtake truck | Three teenagers killed in Queensland crash while attempting to overtake truck |
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| Two men and a woman, all aged 19, died at the scene in Mackay after a late night crash involving multiple vehicles | Two men and a woman, all aged 19, died at the scene in Mackay after a late night crash involving multiple vehicles |
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| Three teenagers have died in Queensland after their car crashed into a dual-cab ute while attempting to overtake a truck. | Three teenagers have died in Queensland after their car crashed into a dual-cab ute while attempting to overtake a truck. |
| Two 19-year-old men and a 19-year-old woman died at the scene in Mackay, more than 800km north of Brisbane, after a crash involving multiple vehicles late on Friday night. | Two 19-year-old men and a 19-year-old woman died at the scene in Mackay, more than 800km north of Brisbane, after a crash involving multiple vehicles late on Friday night. |
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| The teens had attempted to overtake a semi-trailer driving in the same direction while travelling south on the Mackay Ring Round near Glenella, in the city’s west, police said. | The teens had attempted to overtake a semi-trailer driving in the same direction while travelling south on the Mackay Ring Round near Glenella, in the city’s west, police said. |
| They collided with a Great Wall Cannon ute travelling in the opposite direction, driven by a 29-year-old man, police said. | They collided with a Great Wall Cannon ute travelling in the opposite direction, driven by a 29-year-old man, police said. |
| Emergency services were called to the scene just after 10.40pm on Friday and the man was taken to hospital in a serious condition. | Emergency services were called to the scene just after 10.40pm on Friday and the man was taken to hospital in a serious condition. |
| An Isuzu D-Max veered off the road to avoid the crash but its occupants were not injured, police said. The semi-trailer driver, 68, was also uninjured. | An Isuzu D-Max veered off the road to avoid the crash but its occupants were not injured, police said. The semi-trailer driver, 68, was also uninjured. |
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| Queensland police said Mackay’s forensic crash unit was investigating the collision. | Queensland police said Mackay’s forensic crash unit was investigating the collision. |
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