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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Bowen Man Charged Over Fatal Bruce Highway Crash

After four months of investigations, QPS Forensic Crash Unit has charged a 61-year-old Bowen man with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance and did drive UIL.
The fatal Myrtlevale incident under investigation occurred at approximately 5pm on the 15th of September 2024 and tragically resulted in the death of 22-year-old Wangige Kiumbura from Burdell.
Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash involving a Holden utility and a BMW sedan on the Bruce Highway and upon arrival, the BMW was fully engulfed in flames with the driver, Ms Kiumbura, declared deceased a short time later. The driver of the utility, a 61-year-old Bowen man was airlifted to Mackay Base Hospital in a critical condition.
He is due to appear in the Proserpine Magistrates Court on Monday the 24th of February.

BMA CQ Rescue attended the Myrtlevale crash last September

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