Fatal traffic crash at Coolum Beach, QLD

The Sunshine Coast Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal two-vehicle traffic crash at Coolum Beach yesterday, October 7.

Around 2.35pm, a Toyota Hilux and Tesla Model 3 were involved in a head-on collision while travelling in opposite directions on the Sunshine Motorway.

A 48-year-old Palmview woman, the driver and sole occupant of the Tesla, died at the scene.

The other driver, a 17-year-old boy, was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators are appealing to witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam vision to come forward.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations remain ongoing.

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