Fatal traffic crash, Cooktown area

Two people have died following a single vehicle rollover 65km south of Cooktown.

Initial information indicates at 3.45pm a van was headed north on the Mulligan Highway at Lakeland near the Boggy Creek Bridge, when it has left the roadway and rolled a number of times.

The driver and one passenger died at the scene.

A man has been airlifted to Cairns in a critical condition and three other passengers were transported to the Cooktown Hospital with minor injuries.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations are continuing.

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