Woman and child dead following horror Queensland smash
A woman and seven-year-old boy are dead after a car rolled off a rural road and hit a tree in south-west Queensland.
Emergency services were called to Chinchilla Wondai Road, 5km from the rural town of Chinchilla, at 4:10pm on Wednesday.
Queensland Fire Department said two crews found a grey Mitsubishi Pajero that had crashed and three occupants needed to be cut free from the wreck.
The driver of the vehicle, a 30-year-old Elimbah woman, sustained serious injuries and was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Two other passengers, a seven-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl, were airlifted to Chinchilla Hospital, and the boy was declared dead a short time later.
The nine-year-old girl remained in a serious but stable condition, Queensland Police said.
Officers from the forensic crash unit have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
Anyone who may have any relevant information or video footage has been urged come forward while the investigation remains ongoing.
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