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Queensland roads: Woman found dead on southeast Queensland road

POLICE allege a man was driving a stolen vehicle when he hit a 51-year-old woman on Christmas Day.

POLICE allege a man was driving a stolen vehicle when he hit a 51-year-old woman on Christmas Day.

The woman, from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, was found dead along the New England Highway at Yarraman about 11.40pm on Monday, the Toowoomba Chronicle reports.

A 24-year-old Kingaroy man was charged over the death after being arrested in Murgon on Tuesday.

The man was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle at the time of the incident. He was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle and failing to stop at the scene of a crash.

He was due to appear in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning via video link.

Originally published as Queensland roads: Woman found dead on southeast Queensland road

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-roads-woman-found-dead-on-southeast-queensland-road/news-story/35f24e0a420eba2e0955b0dc9d782456