Driver killed after car crashes into tree at Kilkivan

A 56-year-old man has died after his vehicle crashed into a tree after a horror weekend on Queensland roads which claimed three other lives, including that of a teenage driver in a collision with a motorcycle.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the death of a 56-year-old man at Kilkivan in the Gympie region. FILE PHOTO

A 56-year-old man has died after his vehicle crashed into a tree at Kilkivan in the Gympie region.

Police said that about 7pm a ute was travelling north along Blacksnake Rd when it has left the road and hit a tree.

The driver and sole occupant, a Victorian man, died at the scene.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations are ongoing.

Earlier, emergency services were called to a crash after a vehicle had left the Bruce Highway and rolled at Gunalda, near Bonnick Rd, just after 10.15pm.

It comes after a horror head-on collision on the Bruce Highway in the Whitsundays in which one driver died and another is fighting for life.

On the Sunshine Coast, a heartbroken mother has remembered her teenage son who “had his whole life ahead of him” after he tragically died in a crash just after 1am on Saturday.

Broc Dawson, 17, was killed when his Toyota Corolla collided with a motorcycle in Nirimba at the intersection of Central Ave and Aura Boulevard.

The rider of the motorcycle, a man in his 30s, was also declared deceased at the scene.

Originally published as Driver killed after car crashes into tree at Kilkivan