Fatal traffic crash, Rockhampton
Police are investigating a single vehicle crash which claimed a man’s life at Rockhampton early this morning.
Initial investigations indicate around 1.30am the car the man was driving along Bolsover Street failed to negotiate a roundabout, crashed into a curb before mounting the footpath and crashing into a concrete pillar.
The driver, a 17-year-old Emu Park man, died at the scene.
The passenger, a 16-year-old Berserker boy, was taken to the Rockhampton Base Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The vehicle involved was stolen earlier in the evening from a Depot Hill address.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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