Coolum Beach fatal crash: Man, 36, charged after crash claims life of child
Police have charged a Sunshine Coast man over a horror Sunshine Motorway crash that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy and left a woman and child seriously injured.
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A 36-year-old man has been charged after a fatal traffic crash in Coolum Beach that claimed the life of a three-year-old child.
Forensic Crash Unit investigators charged the man on Friday August 5, 2022 with two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm and one of drug driving and driver failing to restrain a child under four.
Police allege the man was driving a silver Mitsubishi Pajero southbound on the Sunshine Mwy near Coolum-Yandina Rd roundabout about 2.15pm on May 30, 2022 when it collided with a Mazda CX-9 heading north.
Two three-year-old passengers, a boy and a girl, were seated in the back rear of the 4WD.
The young boy suffered critical injuries and passed away in the Sunshine Coast University Hospital the following day while the man and young girl suffered minor injuries.
The 38-year-old woman driver of the Mazda and a 12-year-old girl passenger suffered serious injuries and were discharged from hospital on Thursday August 4, 2022.
A four-year-old boy passenger from the Mazda only suffered minor injuries.
The man was granted police bail and will appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Friday 26 August, 2022.
Coolum Beach Police Sergeant Peter Blake said following the fatal crash many bystanders went into a traumatic scene and did all they could in the situation.
“They comforted the children, the other three kids,” Sergeant Blake said.
“We as human beings seldom come across such tragic situations and for some of those bystanders that would be the most traumatic thing they will ever witness.”
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Originally published as Coolum Beach fatal crash: Man, 36, charged after crash claims life of child
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