Woman, 69, dies in crash at Redland Bay
A woman has been killed after her car and a truck collided at a busy bayside intersection on Tuesday afternoon. Another person died in a separate accident two hours later.
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An elderly woman has died after a crash at a notorious T-intersection south of Brisbane.
BEENLEIGH-REDLAND BAY RD DEATHTRAP
SEVEN DEAD IN MONTH OF CARNAGE
The 69-year-old Wynnum West woman was declared dead at the scene after her silver Mazda hatchback was involved in a crash about with a transport truck at the intersection of Serpentine Creek Rd and Cleveland Redland Bay Rd, at Redland Bay, just after 3.45pm Tuesday.
Queensland Police say preliminary investigations indicate the hatchback turned right from Serpentine Creek Rd when it collided with a white truck travelling on Cleveland Redland Bay Road.
Forensic investigations are continuing.
The driver of the truck was uninjured.
Motorists were urged to avoid the busy road which is a major thoroughfare between Redland Bay and Victoria Point.
Motorists heading east into Redland Bay from Brisbane and Logan were told to expect delays of up to three hours, after the section of the single-lane carriageway road was closed just after 4pm.
The accident was cleared and traffic flowing normally by 8pm.
The intersection includes a school bus layover area and created a traffic snarl as residents tried to get home after school drop-off, with police guiding traffic around the site.
Three people have been seriously injured at the intersection since 2018 and a man died after flames engulfed his car following a two-vehicle crash in March last year.
In February, Redland Bay mum Mersina Axiom, 36, died about 800m from the site after a three-car pileup involving a utility travelling south on Serpentine Creek Rd.
The utility veered into the path of Ms Axiom’s oncoming minivan.
Last year, two people were lucky to escape with injuries including broken bones when three cars were involved in a crash and in 2018, a 28-year-old woman driving a black Hyundai was injured in a two-car collision at the site.
Last month, the state government dropped the speed limit on the stretch of road from 90km/h to 80km/h to slow motorists near the dangerous junction.
The intersection is on a bend in the road with vehicles from a residential estate turning on to the main road where there are speed limits of up to 90km/h.
Residents have lobbied all tiers of government about the T-junction, which is in the heart of a major residential development which includes a new 7-Eleven.
Meanwhile, a person was killed in a single-vehicle crash at the northern end of the Gold Coast.
The accident happened on Marks Rd at Woongoolba around 5.30pm.