Sunshine Coast bus double fatal: Woman charged with dangerous driving

A woman has been charged with dangerous driving after two men repairing a broken-down bus were killed on the Sunshine Coast.

A white sedan at the scene of the double fatality on Nambour Connection Rd on Thursday

A woman has been charged with dangerous driving following the investigation into a crash that tragically killed two men on the Sunshine Coast on Thursday.

Aaron Pitt, 25, of Currimundi, and Lleyton Bartlett, 22, of Baringa, were assisting with repairs for a bus that had broken down on the side of Nambour Connection Rd, Woombye, when they were struck by a vehicle travelling west about 3.30pm.

Aaron Pitt. Picture: CDC

Lleyton Bartlett

Both men suffered critical injuries and were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, where they later died.

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was not physically injured.

Investigators today charged a 43-year-old Warana woman with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.

She will appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on June 24.