Boy, 13, critical after buggy crash west of Brisbane

A 13-year-old boy is fighting for life after a buggy crash in the Somerset region.

Paramedics were treating the teen at the scene for significant head injuries. Picture: File photo/Alix Sweeney

A 13-year-old boy is fighting for life after a buggy crash in the Somerset region Sunday afternoon.

Paramedics were called to a serious buggy crash on Kavanaghs Rd in Buaraba about 1pm.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman told The Sunday Mail the teenager was in a critical condition with significant head injuries.

A helicopter was deployed to the scene.

The cause of the crash is unclear at this stage.

Motorists are being urged to drive safely after a number of serious incidents claimed the lives of six people over the weekend.

A 19-year-old man was declared dead on Sunday morning after his car plunged into a tree on Mary Valley Road, South of Gympie.

Two men in their 30s were confirmed dead after a horror crash into a train track on McGills Road, kalkie.

On Saturday, a 52-year-old motorcyclist died after a head-on collision with a ute at Takura on the Fraser Coast.

The same day, a 21-year-old man was also declared dead in his ute which had rolled into a creek near Nanango.

South of Brisbane, in Logan, a woman in her 30s died following a fiery crash about 1pm on Saturday.