Fatal traffic crash, Runcorn
A 72-year-old Kuraby man has died after a serious traffic crash at Runcorn last night.
Around 9.45pm, police and emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash on Beenleigh Road.
A Toyota Hilux utility being driven by the sole occupant, a 24-year-old man, was travelling along Beenleigh Road from Warrigal Road when it crashed into the driver’s door of a Toyota Corolla at the Nursery Road intersection.
The 72-year-old driver and sole occupant of the Corolla was declared deceased at the scene.
The driver of the Hilux was taken to the Princes Alexandra Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are appealing for anyone who was travelling on Beenleigh Road around the time of the incident and who may have seen the Toyota Hilux ute prior to the crash, to contact them, particularly anyone with dashcam footage.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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