SYMONDS SHOCK

NQ cricket legend killed in car crash

FORMER Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds was tragically killed in a car crash outside Townsville late on Saturday night.

The former Queensland and Australian all-rounder was driving on Hervey Range Rd toward the Alice River bridge when his car came off the road and rolled about 11pm.

A pair of nearby residents who heard the crash were the first on the scene and sounded the alarm to emergency services.