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A 71-year-old Kenilworth man has died after a two-vehicle accident near Maleny

A Kenilworth man has died after a horror smash in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

A 71-year-old Kenilworth man has died after a crash on the Sunshine Coast last Thursday. Picture: Marilyn Beale.
A 71-year-old Kenilworth man has died after a crash on the Sunshine Coast last Thursday. Picture: Marilyn Beale.

A Kenilworth man has died after he had to be cut from his vehicle in a crash on the Sunshine Coast last week.

The 71-year-old passed away in the early hours of Monday morning with his family by his side.

Police say a four-wheel-drive was travelling east on Landsborough Maleny Road when it collided with a stationary ute at Maleny Montville Road.

The man was trapped in his dual cab ute when first responders arrived.

A 71-year-old man was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition after a crash at Maleny on Thursday. Picture: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
A 71-year-old man was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition after a crash at Maleny on Thursday. Picture: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to free the man.

He was flown by the RACQ Life Flight Rescue helicopter to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

The driver of the other vehicle, a four-wheel drive, has been identified as a 51-year-old Sunshine Coast woman.

She was taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with a leg injury.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.

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