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Man allegedly stabs woman to death, attempts carjacking on major Qld highway
By Callum Godde
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a woman to death before crashing into a truck and trying to carjack another woman on a major Queensland highway.
The woman suffered stab wounds at an address in Mighell near Innisfail in northern Queensland on Friday afternoon and died at the scene.
A man believed to have been known to the woman allegedly left in a car before police arrived and then collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway at Sandy Pocket.
The truck driver was not injured but the suspect fled on foot.
The highway was closed as police searched for the man, who allegedly attempted to steal a car from another woman nearby.
She was also injured and police eventually arrested the 51-year-old man near the highway.
He has been charged with one count of murder (domestic violence offence) and is due to appear at Cairns Magistrates Court on Monday.
Police said there was no further threat to public safety and their investigation remained ongoing.