CORRECTION: Fatal traffic crash, Garbutt
A media release was previously issued advising that a 39-year-old Garbutt man had died following a two vehicle traffic crash at Garbutt this afternoon (May 3).
Police have since received information that the man has not died, however he is in critical condition at Townsville Hospital.
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A man has died following a two vehicle traffic crash in Garbutt this afternoon (May 3).
Preliminary investigations indicate that around 4.45pm, a motorcycle collided with a utility on Hugh Street.
Emergency services attended the scene however the motorcycle rider, a 39-year-old Garbutt man, died a short time later at Townsville Hospital.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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