A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Cooktown this morning. At 10.35am a 4WD travelling along Mulligan Highway, 35 kilometres north of Lakeland, has left the roadway and rolled. The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 75-year-old Cooktown man, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Investigations into the cause of the traffic crash are continuing. /Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. Why? Well, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ideological interests. We don't put up a paywall – we believe in free access to information of public interest.