Forensic Crash Unit have charged a 61-year-old Bowen man following a fatal traffic crash in Myrtlevale in September last year.
Emergency services were called to two-vehicle crash, involving a Holden utility and BMW sedan, on the Bruce Highway around 5pm on September 15.
The sedan caught fire as a result of the crash.
The driver of the sedan, a 22-year-old Burdell woman, died at the scene.
The driver of the utility, the 61-year-old Bowen man, was airlifted to Mackay Hospital in a critical condition.
Following extensive investigations, police have charged the driver of the utility with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance and did drive U.I.L.
He is due before Proserpine Magistrates Court on February 24.
Earlier: https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2024/09/15/fatal-traffic-crash-proserpine-area-2/
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