Police responding to fatal traffic crash at Cooktown 1 February

A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Cooktown this morning.

At 10.35am a 4WD travelling along Mulligan Highway, 35 kilometres north of Lakeland, has left the roadway and rolled.

The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 75-year-old Cooktown man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigations into the cause of the traffic crash are continuing.

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