Overview
- Emergency services responded about 6:30am to a flipped vehicle on Doomadgee Road, roughly 400 kilometres north of Mount Isa.
- Five people were in the car; the 30-year-old driver from Cloncurry died at the scene and a 10-year-old passenger died at Doomadgee Hospital.
- One passenger remains in critical condition, while two others are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
- Queensland Police say there is no ongoing threat to residents as investigators continue to examine the crash.
- Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council closed local services for Sorry Business, canceled the Dumaji Festival, and asked residents to avoid the highway.