Woman killed in truck v crash near Maryborough

Debris was strewn across the highway where a woman’s car ended up in a ditch after a head-on with a truck near Maryborough. WARNING: CONFRONTING IMAGES

A 61-year-old woman has lost her life in a head-on crash on the Bruce Highway at Tinana, near Maryborough.

Debris was strewn across the road and the woman’s crushed car on its side in a ditch in the rural stretch between the Alice Street ramp and Eatonvale Road.

The scene of a crash at Tinana.

Speaking to the Fraser Coast Chronicle at the confronting scene about 9pm Tuesday, Sergeant Steve Wheeler from the Maryborough Police Station said initial investigations suggested the truck driver allegedly crossed to the wrong side of the road.

A 61-year-old woman was killed instantly in the crash.

Further details were withheld from publication as police tried to reach the victim’s loved ones.

Forensic crash investigators remained on scene as the truck, it’s front smashed in, was towed from the scene.

A truck was towed from the scene. The driver was in hospital in a stable condition.

The truck driver was in hospital on Tuesday night in a stable condition.

Investigations were continuing.