Police responding to fatal traffic crash at Springsure

Police are investigating after a woman died in a traffic crash near Springsure yesterday evening.

Preliminary information suggests a ute was travelling along the Dawson Highway when it left the road and rolled just before 11pm at Cairdbeign.

A front passenger in the vehicle, a 49-year-old Sunshine Coast woman, became trapped and died at the scene.

The driver, a 49-year-old Springsure man and a 16-year-old male passenger were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the cause of the crash.

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