Suspected hit-and-run ute set on fire at Pt Vernon after crash

Police are investigating the torching overnight of a white ute, suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run on the Fraser Coast that left a woman in her 20s with minor injuries.

Police are investigating the torching overnight of a white ute, suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run earlier on Tuesday night.

Police were on Wednesday investigating a possible hit and run on the Fraser Coast and the torching of a white ute overnight.

The ute was found burning in Cliveden Street in Point Vernon in the early hours of the morning, after being allegedly involved in a hit and run near the intersection of Banksia and Long Streets about 6.30pm, which left a woman in her 20s with minor injuries.

Emergency services quickly extinguished the flames.

A post to social media following the alleged hit and run identified a white ute as the vehicle that allegedly collided with a Toyota HiLux, leaving a young woman “shaken”.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said a woman in her 20s was transported to Hervey Bay Hospital with neck pain following the two-vehicle crash. She was reported to be in stable condition.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed that a woman in her 20s was transported to Hervey Bay Hospital with neck pain following a two-vehicle crash allegedly involving this vehicle.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman could not confirm if the ute that had been torched was the same vehicle from the alleged hit-and-run but said investigations were ongoing.

Anyone with information on the crash and the ute are urged to contact police.

Originally published as Suspected hit-and-run ute set on fire at Pt Vernon after crash