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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Driver, 80, killed in Murarrie crash

An 80-year-old man from The Gap has died in a four-vehicle traffic crash in Murarrie.

Police say that at 10.45am yesterday, the man’s Hyundai Accent car and a Prime Mover collided at the intersection of Lytton Road and Creek Road.

“The force of the collision pushed the man’s car into two other vehicles, a Toyota Yaris and a Hyundai I30,” Queensland Police said in a statement.

“The 80-year-old driver and sole occupant of the car was pronounced deceased at the scene.”

The 21-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the truck was not injured during the incident.

A 59-year-old man, the driver of the Yaris was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with a serious head injury, while the 44-year-old female driver of the I30 was not physically injured during the crash.

The Forensic Crash unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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