‘Such a tragedy’: Horror photos reveal carnage of fatal highway crash

A Sunshine Coast woman has died and a Greenbank man is in an induced coma after a horror crash on the Bruce Highway leaving one family facing Christmas without their loved one. PICTURES

A Sunshine Coast woman has died and a man left seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Bruce Highway.

A Sunshine Coast woman has died and a Greenbank man is battling serious injuries after a horror crash on the Bruce Highway leaving one family facing Christmas without their loved one.

Photos show the devastating impact of the collision with both vehicles extensively damaged.

The crash happened at Kanigan near Gympie just after 8.15pm on Thursday, December 21.

A Nissan Terrano and Toyota Yaris were travelling on the Bruce Highway when the two vehicles collided head-on.

A 41-year-old Sunshine Coast woman was declared dead at the scene. Police have confirmed she lived at Reesville, near Maleny.

A 23-year-old Greenbank man was taken to Gympie Hospital with serious injuries.

He is understood to be in an induced coma, and has been unable to be interviewed yet or assist police with any inquiries regarding the cause of the crash.

A woman has died and a man left seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Bruce Highway. The crash happened at Kanigan near Gympie.

Numerous people have posted comments in support of the Sunshine Coast family facing Christmas without their loved one.

“Such a tragedy,” Tracy MacKinnon wrote.

David McGlusky said it ‘so sad close to Christmas’.

At least 45 people have died on Wide Bay roads this year – more than double last year.

The Sunshine Coast had also had two tragic fatalities this week.

Pedestrian killed walking across Bruce Hwy in horror crash

Senior police have implored the community to come together to put a stop to the devastating road toll only earlier this month after a shocking crash claimed a young life.

Acting superintendent and district officer for Wide Bay-Burnett Inspector Paul Algie called for drivers, riders and the community as a whole to come together to put a stop to the “concerning” escalating road toll caused by hooning, drink and drug driving, speeding and car thefts.

“It’s very sad for me to have to report another fatal crash in the Wide Bay-Burnett district,’’ he said at the time.

“That’s another young person who won’t be around the table at Christmas time.

Road closed, one seriously injured after two-car collision

“It’s a very, very sad state of affairs, but what I would say is this, police can only do so much; this is a whole of community issue.

“So I ask everybody around the dinner table tonight, when you’re talking to your friends and loved ones, if you’re in a car with somebody, or on a motorcycle with somebody that’s behaving or driving in a reckless and dangerous manner, call it out.

“If you are misbehaving in a motor vehicle or in a car, it is my intent that you will be turned from a motorist into a pedestrian; you will not continue to drive that car or ride that motorcycle. “But we need everybody’s help to call it out.”

The horrendous scene of the crash.

The latest crash closed the Bruce Highway for several hours as emergency crews attended the scene.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the incident.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink call 131 444.