Fatal traffic crash, Trinity Beach (Cairns)

Police are investigating following a fatal traffic crash at Trinity Beach last night.

Preliminary information suggests just before midnight a car was travelling southbound on Madang Close when it left the road and struck a tree at Moresby Street.

The driver, a 48-year-old local man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.

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