Tragedy as girl, nine, dies and boy, six, fights for his life after horror two-car collision
- A nine-year-old girl has died in a horror two vehicle collision in Queensland
- A six-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being rushed to hospital
- Police say the two children were with another girl, 10 and woman, 40 in one car
A young girl has died and a little boy is being flown to Brisbane in a critical condition after a car crash near Rockhampton.
The children, a nine-year-old girl and a boy, 6, were taken to Rockhampton Hospital in Central Queensland both in critical conditions after a two vehicle crash at Yeppoon Road and Artillery Road in Ironpot at about 9.40am Sunday.
The girl passed away in hospital and the boy was on Sunday afternoon being flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A nine-year-old girl has died in two-vehicle crash at Rockhampton, Queensland on Sunday
One of them had been pinned inside a car with a serious head injury while the other suffered serious head and abdominal injuries.
Police say those children were with another girl 10, and an Emu Park woman, 40, in a blue Toyota hatchback, while a 33-year-old woman and two other girls, aged eight and 12, were in a grey Toyota hatchback.
They believe one car was travelling east on Yeppoon Road when it moved to the middle of the intersection, colliding with the side of the other car, which had been heading north on Artillery Road.
One child under the age of 10 was pinned by their legs inside the car by damage caused during the crash, a Queensland Ambulance spokesman said.
The other five patients sustained only minor injuries, and the forensic crash unit is investigating.
Emergency services have praised the members of the public who pulled over and rushed to the aid of the people trapped inside the crashed vehicles.
‘There was people in shock, varying degrees of injuries, it was definitely not a good incident,’ Barry Thompson, from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service told ABC News.
By the time crews arrived, all children and two adults were out of the two vehicles except for one child – who had to be cut from the car.
‘I think it’s going to take a toll on my crews,’ he said.
The Forensic Crash Unit are on the scene investigating and extended delays are expected along Yeppoon Road throughout the evening.
It is the fourth child to die in a traffic accident in Queensland in a week.
Two children died following a single-car crash at Peaks Crossing, and a three year-old was killed after running out in front of a ute in a service station carpark at Burpengary.
A six-year-old boy has also been rushed to Queensland Children’s Hospital where he remains in a critical condition