Teen charged with drink driving after crash on Bunya Highway at Benair
Four young people were taken to hospital on Sunday after a crash on the Bunya Highway, and how one of them has been charged with drink driving.
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A teenager has been charged with mid-range drink driving after a two-car crash at Benair on the Bunya Highway on Sunday.
About 5.30pm a Holden Colorado ute was trying to turn off the Bunya Highway into an address when it collided with a Nissan Navara four-wheel-drive travelling in the same direction.
The four-wheel drive then left the road and hit a nearby tree.
Four people were injured in the South Burnett crash, according to a spokesman from the Queensland Ambulance Service.
A 24-year-old Kingaroy man who was a passenger in the four-wheel drive was hurt and taken to the Kingaroy Base Hospital, while the driver, a 24-year-old Kingaroy man received minor injuries.
The male driver of the ute, a 19-year-old Edens Landing man received minor injuries.
The Edens Landing man has been charged with mid-range drink driving and is due to appear in the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on February 21.
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