A tribute convoy is planned for two truck drivers killed on Tuesday, while an intersection involved in a separate fatality was last month ranked by the RACQ as one of the worst in the state.
Central Queensland is reeling after a horror few days on the road with five people dying in three separate incidents.Police are urging motorists to take care after a horror two days on CQ roads where five people lost their livesA tribute convoy is being planned for two truck drivers who lost their lives in a crash south of Wowan
Yesterday afternoon a 30-year-old male motorcycle rider from the Rockhampton area died in a collision with a car in the city's CBD.The same day, two people died in a single-vehicle rollover west of Longreach. It is understood the mother and son were travelling from Winton when they lost control of the vehicle.
"When you're living out in the country, it happens regularly that you do know the people involved," she said. The incidents followed a crash on Tuesday when two men, also from the Rockhampton area, died in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Leichhardt Highway, south of Wowan. "I know a fair few of his friends in the community and they're still shattered like I am and [it just feels] like a dream.
The ranking was based on crash data from the Department of Transport and Main Roads for June 2018 to May 2021.Rockhampton councillor Ellen Smith said the council was not able to comment if it had plans for the intersection until the police investigation into the incident was completed.
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