A woman is still in hospital, a day after a triple fatal car crash in Queensland’s western downs.
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00:00A father and his two children died in the road crash near Dolby on Queensland's Western
00:07Downs yesterday morning.
00:09Emergency services were called to the incident about 200 kilometres west of Brisbane shortly
00:14after 11 o'clock.
00:17A primary school-aged child and a teenager died when a four-wheel drive crashed into
00:22the rear of their family's sedan.
00:24Their father, who was driving the vehicle, also died at the scene.
00:29A woman in her 50s who was a passenger in the vehicle was flown to the Royal Brisbane
00:34and Women's Hospital in a critical condition.
00:37She remains there undergoing treatment.
00:39The man who was driving the four-wheel drive was also taken to hospital but with non-life-threatening
00:45injuries.
00:46The crash, which comes around the time of school holidays in Queensland, has prompted
00:50a warning for drivers to take extra care on the roads, especially in regional areas.
00:57With the school holidays coming up, this tragic incident is a timely reminder for us
01:03to all take responsibility and drive to the conditions on the road and ensure we take
01:09extra care with the increased traffic we're going to expect to see over the holiday break.
01:14What caused the crash is still unknown, but the Forensic Crash Unit is investigating all
01:19of the circumstances that occurred in the lead-up to the incident.