Police responding to fatal traffic crash at Cooktown

A man has died in a single vehicle crash south of Lakeland.

The man was driving from Cooktown to Cairns in the early hours of Thursday morning, September 26.

About 2km south of the Byrestown Range rest area the vehicle has left the road on a bend and gone into a gully.

Preliminary investigations indicate the 47-year-old Cooktown man died as a result of injuries sustained. He was located yesterday around 2pm.

Investigations are continuing.

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