Man dies following horror crash that closed Bruce Hwy for hours on Sunday night
A 24-year-old man has died in hospital five days after a serious crash involving an allegedly stolen ute that closed the Bruce Highway for several hours.
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A 24-year-old man has died after a crash involving an allegedly stolen ute closed the Bruce Highway for several hours at Ogmore, near Rockhampton, on Sunday night.
Joshua Brown was transported to Rockhampton Base Hospital in a critical condition following the crash involving a Toyota HiLux, while two 20-year-old men, including the man police allege was driving, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
“The escarpment gouging and shedding of vehicle components continued for 51 metres to where the HiLux has come to a rest,” the document said.
A 20-year-old Moura man, William Noel Armstrong, was on Sunday charged with dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm, as well as charges relating to an earlier alleged robbery.
Another 20-year-old man allegedly involved in the incident, Larcome Allan James Keith Brown, 20, was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, robbery with violence while armed and in company, wilful damage, two counts of enter dwelling and commit indictable offence, one count of enter premises with intent, five counts of stealing, three counts of unlawful use of motor vehicles and two counts of receive tainted property for this set of alleged offences.
Armstrong and Brown faced the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where no bail applications were made as the men were on Return to Prison warrants.
Police have alleged that the Toyota HiLux had been stolen from a Park Avenue address earlier on Sunday night, before being involved in stealing from a Marlborough service station.
Authorities are asking for anyone who saw or has dashcam footage of a silver Toyota HiLux with QLD registration 226 JCS to contact police via policelink.
Originally published as Man dies following horror crash that closed Bruce Hwy for hours on Sunday night
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