Woman and boy dead, girl injured as car overturns, hits tree

A woman and boy are dead and a girl is seriously injured after their four-wheel-drive left a rural road, overturning and crashing into a tree.

Emergency services have responded after a car rolled and hit a tree near Chinchilla. Picture: Brendan Radke

A woman and boy are dead and a girl is seriously injured after their four-wheel-drive left a rural road, overturning and crashing into a tree.

The accident happened on Chinchilla-Wondai Rd northeast of Chinchilla on the Western Downs about 4.10pm on Wednesday.

Queensland Fire Department said the three occupants had to be cut free of the wreckage.

Paramedics treated a woman, 30, of Elimbah in the City of Moreton Bay, but she died at the scene.

A seven-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl were airlifted to Chinchilla Hospital, but the boy subsequently died.

The girl remained in a serious but stable condition.

Originally published as Woman and boy dead, girl injured as car overturns, hits tree