Qld heads for worst road toll in 20 years

THERE'S been a tragic spike in Queensland road fatalities with eight people killed over the Easter weekend.

Queensland is heading for its worst Easter road toll for more than two decades.

QUEENSLAND is heading for its worst Easter road toll for more than two decades.

EIGHT people have been killed on the state's roads following the death of a motorcyclist in his forties who hit a concrete barrier at a roundabout in Edmonton, south of Cairns, just before midnight on Sunday.