One person has died and another injured as a result of a light plane crash at Ball Bay, near Mackay, earlier this morning (December 24).
Initial invesitgations indicate about 8am, a small private plane crashed on the beach near Ward Esplanade.
Police and emergency services responded and the pilot, a 65-year-old Haliday Bay man, was airlifted to Mackay Base Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
The passenger, an 83-year-old Kuttabul man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit will assist the Australian Transport Safety Bureau with investigations and police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.
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