Road toll: Brutal crash mars Easter long weekend
Two people have been killed on influence in a crash on the Bruce Highway in Queensland.
TWO members of a Brisbane family are dead and four other people are in hospital after a crash on the Bruce Highway inbetween Gympie and Maryborough marred the final day of the Easter weekend.
Emergency services were called to the multi-vehicle collision 6km north of Tiaro about Three.10pm.
Police confirmed two people were killed — a 30-year-old woman and her 22-year-old masculine passenger. A 14-year-old boy was gravely injured.
The head-on crash caused holiday traffic chaos.
The horror smash closed the Bruce Highway near Maryborough for seven hours. Picture: Alistair Brightman
Gympie Police Patrol Group Acting Inspector Paul Algie said it appeared a vehicle had been in the overtaking lane when it veered right, clipping another vehicle before colliding head-on with a third.
“The driver and passenger of the third vehicle were killed instantly,” he said.
The highway remained closed until about ten o’clock last night.
Emergency workers at the scene of the horror smash. Picture: Alistair Brightman
The tragedy caused mass delays as families returned from Easter celebrations.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said fire crews battled two car fires that broke out at the crash site.
Among those injured was a man in his 20s who was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition with pelvic injuries and gam fractures.
A masculine teenager and a woman aged in her 50s were flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition after they sustained abdominal injuries.
Paramedics confirmed another man was taken to hospital, while four other victims were assessed at the scene but declined further treatment at hospital.
Police were last night urging motorists to delay their travel plans and to avoid the area as the Forensic Crash Unit investigated the incident.
Easter holiday traffic returning on the M1 north of Brisbane, seen from the Pumicestone Rd overpass.
The crash was a horror end to an otherwise fatality-free long weekend.
But Easter traffic clogged the highway from Brisbane to north of the Sunshine Coast.
The Bruce Highway was congested for about 40km from Caboolture to Palmview.
Police said more than three thousand seven hundred motorists were detected speeding on Easter Sunday including a motorcyclist who was allegedly travelling at 183km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Sunshine ­Motorway.
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Police also charged a 25-year-old man with drink- driving after he was allegedly caught with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.252 per cent at Mornington Island on Sunday night.
Police performed more than 35,000 less random breath tests this year than last year, during their annual Easter road safety campaign.
Figures from the five-day holiday blitz showcase 98,681 tests were conducted on motorists during Easter 2016, while 63,296 were conducted this year.
Police said a greater concentrate on speeding had contributed to the decline in RBTs.
Random drug tests were up by almost 200.
Speed camera detections were up by more than three thousand on last year.
Total infringements were down by more than 3000.
The horror smash closed the Bruce Highway near Maryborough for seven hours. Picture: Alistair Brightman
Bruce Highway car crash: Queensland road toll over Easter weekend
Road toll: Brutal crash mars Easter long weekend
Two people have been killed on influence in a crash on the Bruce Highway in Queensland.
TWO members of a Brisbane family are dead and four other people are in hospital after a crash on the Bruce Highway inbetween Gympie and Maryborough marred the final day of the Easter weekend.
Emergency services were called to the multi-vehicle collision 6km north of Tiaro about Trio.10pm.
Police confirmed two people were killed — a 30-year-old woman and her 22-year-old masculine passenger. A 14-year-old boy was earnestly injured.
The head-on crash caused holiday traffic chaos.
The horror smash closed the Bruce Highway near Maryborough for seven hours. Picture: Alistair Brightman
Gympie Police Patrol Group Acting Inspector Paul Algie said it appeared a vehicle had been in the overtaking lane when it veered right, clipping another vehicle before colliding head-on with a third.
“The driver and passenger of the third vehicle were killed instantly,” he said.
The highway remained closed until about ten o’clock last night.
Emergency workers at the scene of the horror smash. Picture: Alistair Brightman
The tragedy caused mass delays as families returned from Easter celebrations.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said fire crews battled two car fires that broke out at the crash site.
Among those injured was a man in his 20s who was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition with pelvic injuries and gam fractures.
A masculine teenager and a woman aged in her 50s were flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition after they sustained abdominal injuries.
Paramedics confirmed another man was taken to hospital, while four other victims were assessed at the scene but declined further treatment at hospital.
Police were last night urging motorists to delay their travel plans and to avoid the area as the Forensic Crash Unit investigated the incident.
Easter holiday traffic returning on the M1 north of Brisbane, seen from the Pumicestone Rd overpass.
The crash was a horror end to an otherwise fatality-free long weekend.
But Easter traffic clogged the highway from Brisbane to north of the Sunshine Coast.
The Bruce Highway was congested for about 40km from Caboolture to Palmview.
Police said more than three thousand seven hundred motorists were detected speeding on Easter Sunday including a motorcyclist who was allegedly travelling at 183km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Sunshine ­Motorway.
QLD Road Fatalities 2001-2016
Explore the map or scroll through widgets below to interact with the data
Police also charged a 25-year-old man with drink- driving after he was allegedly caught with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.252 per cent at Mornington Island on Sunday night.
Police performed more than 35,000 less random breath tests this year than last year, during their annual Easter road safety campaign.
Figures from the five-day holiday blitz demonstrate 98,681 tests were conducted on motorists during Easter 2016, while 63,296 were conducted this year.
Police said a greater concentrate on speeding had contributed to the decline in RBTs.
Random drug tests were up by almost 200.
Speed camera detections were up by more than three thousand on last year.
Total infringements were down by more than 3000.
The horror smash closed the Bruce Highway near Maryborough for seven hours. Picture: Alistair Brightman