Fatal traffic crash, Mackay

Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a two-vehicle fatal traffic crash which occurred on the Bruce Highway at Balberra this morning.

Investigations indicate two vehicles collided head-on on the Bruce Highway, about 10kms south of Mackay, around 5.50am.

The driver and sole occupant of one of the vehicles, a 53-year-old Marian man, died at the scene.

The other driver, a 17-year-old Mackay man, was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigations are continuing.

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