A Byron Shire teenager was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Queensland’s Bruce Highway last Friday, police reported.
Queensland police on Friday said the youth was a fourteen-year-old girl from Brunswick Heads.
She was declared deceased at the Apple Tree Creek crash scene in QLD’s Bundaberg region early Friday morning.
The QLD Police Service said their Forensic Crash Unit was investigating but preliminary enquiries indicated a Volvo Prime Mover truck travelling northbound on the highway crashed into a White Mazda CX-5 and a White Toyota Hilux, both heading south, shortly before 2.00 am.
The girl had been a passenger in the Mazda, police said.
Her driver, a 22-year-old woman from Sarina in QLD’s nearby Mackay region, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The driver of the Toyota, a 22-year-old Sarina man, survived without physical injury, as did the driver of the Prime Mover, a 31-year-old man from Park Ridge, in QLD’s Logan area.
The highway was closed in both directions at Apple Tree Creek until late Friday night, police said.
Officers were appealing for anyone with further information or relevant footage to contact them using reference number QP2501825430.
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