Redland Bay: One dead after multi-vehicle crash

A woman has been killed when a ute was hit by another car and veered into the path of the mini-van she was driving southeast of Brisbane. Local residents say they heard vehicles hooning in the area.

A SUBARU sedan allegedly travelling at high speeds hit the back of a ute travelling in front, causing it to veer into oncoming traffic, killing a woman.

The 36-year-old Redland Bay woman was driving a mini-van along Serpentine Creek Rd, Redland Bay, at 11pm yesterday when the vehicle she was driving was hit by the out-of-control ute.

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The ute veered off the road and back into the oncoming lane after it was hit from behind by the Subaru.

A woman has died after a car veered into the path of her mini-van at Redland Bay. Picture: 7 News

It then hit the oncoming mini-van, killing the driver.

The people in the other vehicles sustained non-life threatening injuries.

It is understood Serpentine Creek Rd is a hoon hot spot and locals have posted on social media of hearing burnouts and cars racing during the night.

“Just before this could hear cars hooning in the roads, could hear the burnouts, poor innocent lady,” one local wrote.

“We heard them too. From the sounds they were racing between Collins St and Scenic (Rd),” another wrote.

It’s not suggested the ute was speeding before the crash.

A woman has died after a car veered into the path of her mini-van at Redland Bay. Picture: 7 News

Police have asked anyone travelling in the area who may have dashcam footage to come forward, as the Forensic Crash Unit continues its investigations.

Meanwhile, a 49-year-old man from Shailer Park has been taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious condition following a single-vehicle crash on the Pacific Hwy overnight.

The man was travelling north about 6.50pm when he lost control of his ute and crashed into an embankment at Gaven.