Overview
- Police say a Ford Falcon ute and a Ford Focus collided head-on on School Road in Logan Reserve on Saturday night, killing a 51-year-old visitor from Victoria who was a passenger.
- Investigators allege the ute crossed to the wrong side to overtake several cars with its lights off and at speed, had no number plates and may have been unregistered, and they are testing the 17-year-old driver’s blood for substances.
- Officers are examining whether the ute was linked to a large illegal car meet nearby, and they have appealed for witnesses and dashcam video as no charges have been laid.
- The victim has been identified by family as Roza Abebwa, 51, and her 28-year-old niece and a two-year-old in the Focus were taken to hospital, with the child later listed in a stable condition.
- Separate crashes over the long weekend included a quad bike death at East Palmerston and a motorcyclist who died after a Thornlands collision, with authorities warning of a rising state road toll compared with this time last year.