Woman dies at scene of horror head-on collision
POLICE are investigating the circumstances around a horror collision that claimed a woman’s life in the South Burnett yesterday morning.
A 51-year-old Nanango woman died after a crash on the D’Aguilar Highway at Barker Creek Flat on Friday morning.
Preliminary investigations indicate that at 8am a vehicle travelling west of Nanango has attempted to overtake other vehicles and has collided head on with a sedan travelling in the opposite direction.
The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The 79-year-old driver of the other vehicle was transported to Nanango Hospital for treatment.
The Forensic Crash Unit is continuing to investigate the matter.
It was the second fatal crash on the highway in the past couple of weeks.
It is also the fifth traffic-related death in south-west Queensland in the past week.