A woman and a toddler have been killed in a crash on a highway in Queensland’s north.
Emergency crews were called to a head-on collision at Oak Beach on the Captain Cook Highway, south of Port Douglas, about 4pm yesterday.
Police said a white Mitsubishi ute smashed into a red Mazda before crashing into a white MG hatchback.
Early investigations into the collision indicate that a Mitsubishi Triton utility struck a Mazda MX-5 before colliding with an MG3 hatchback south of the intersection of Reynolds Road. (9News)
The driver of the hatchback, a 34-year-old woman, and a two-year-old toddler died at the scene.
A 22-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the same car, suffered life-threatening injuries and remained in hospital.
The driver of the utility, a 62-year-old man, was also taken to Cairns Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two people in the Mazda, including a a 54-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman, were not physically injured.
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