Two people have died and another is in hospital after a horror crash on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers.
Queensland Police confirmed an eight-year-old girl and a 49-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries after their Holden Barina collided with a truck in Dotswood at about 7am on Tuesday.
They were both pronounced dead at the scene and police stated that one of the deceased was ejected from the vehicle on the 110km/h stretch of road.
Two people have died and another is in hospital after a horror crash on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers (the crash scene is pictured)
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Country Patrol Group Inspector Damien Irvine said police didn t know how the car came into the truck s path, but said the forensic crash unit was investigating every angle. Obviously having a child there puts a whole new twist on what police have to deal with, and emergency services have to see, Insp Irvine said. A woman and a young girl have died after a truck and car collided on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers this morning. PICTURES: MATT TAYLOR. The crash closed the Flinders Highway for several hours as crews worked to recover the car and truck, which came to a stop deep in the bushland, barely visible from the road.
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