Fatal traffic crash, Caboolture
A female pedestrian has died following a traffic crash near Caboolture this morning.
Initial investigations indicate the 30-year-old Townsville woman was walking across the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway near the Bribie Island turnoff when she was struck by a vehicle around 4.00am.
It is believed the woman’s vehicle had run out of fuel prior to the crash and that she and a 36-year-old man were returning with a jerry can of fuel when the crash occurred.
She was transported to hospital in Brisbane where she died a short time later.
Southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway have reopened after being closed for around three hours.
Police are appealing for witnesses as the Forensic Crash Unit continues its investigations into the incident.
The man was not injured in the crash.
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