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In the Central Region, 89 people died behind the wheel in 2020.
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In the Central Region, 89 people died behind the wheel in 2020.
Premium Content Subscriber only More people died on Queensland roads in 2020 than in any other year since 2012, according to RACQ. In the Queensland Police Service's Central Region, which takes in Capricornia and Mackay, 89 people died behind the wheel last year. RACQ spokesman Clare Hunter said Queensland was the only state in Australia to record an increase in the statistic, with 275 people killed in crashes and more than 300 hospitalised with serious injuries. "These numbers are staggering, especially given COVID-19 which restricted our ability to drive and travel throughout the ye...