Two injured in crash on deadly stretch of Bruce Hwy, Black River

Two people have been injured in a crash on the Bruce Highway near to where a young woman died.

Two people have been injured in a crash on the Bruce Highway near to where a young woman died.

Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash near the Black River turn-off on the highway shortly before 7am after the vehicle left the road.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said nobody was trapped.

Paramedics took two patients with neck pain to Townsville University Hospital in a stable condition.

Natalie Merritt, 20, was killed in a horror crash at Black River on Tuesday night.

Natalie Merritt, 20, died last week when her car and a truck collided on the Bruce Highway at Black River.

She was the fourth person to have died on the same stretch of highway in less than a year.

A multimillion-dollar upgrade was announced by the Federal and State Governments in January this year after petitioning from the family of crash victim, Kurt Philpots, who was killed in December.

The proposed $107 million upgrades will add another two lanes to the 5.2km section of the Bruce Highway between Veales Rd and Pope Rd, including another bridge.

Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said design work was due to be completed within months and construction would start next year.

The scene of a fatal traffic crash between a truck and car at Black River last week. PICTURE: Craig Warhurst

Originally published as Two injured in crash on deadly stretch of Bruce Hwy, Black River