Sunshine Coast: Three-year-old boy dies in horror Coolum crash

A three-year-old-boy has died following a horrific head-on crash on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

A child has died in hospital following a horror two-vehicle crash on the Sunshine Motorway in Queensland on Monday.

The three-year-old boy, who was a passenger in a Mitsubishi Pajero, was rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital where he died from his injuries hours later.

Police allege the silver Pajero was travelling southbound on the motorway – near Yandina Coolum Road at Coolum Beach – when it and a Mazda heading in the opposite direction collided at 2.15pm.

Police, fire and 11 ambulance crews found one car off the road and in a ditch nearby.

A child has died following this crash on the Sunshine Coast.🔗https://t.co/o4izv1mtGz

— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) May 30, 2022

Seven people, including four children under the age of 12, were involved in the crash.

Six of them, including the 38-year-old female driver of the Mazda and two children aged 12 and four, were transported by paramedics to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

The 36-year-old man who was driving the Pajero and a three-year-old girl – who was his passenger – were also taken to hospital where they remain in a stable condition.

Traffic was banked up for hours on the Sunshine Motorway following the fatal crash at Coolum Beach. Picture: Supplied.

The crash triggered a standstill along the Sunshine Motorway, with drivers forced to wait several hours for the road to reopen.

The Forensic Crash Unit is continuing to appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the crash or have dashcam vision to come forward.

Originally published as Sunshine Coast: Three-year-old boy dies in horror Coolum crash