Eight lives lost in 72 hours

Several serious crashes over the weekend have prompted police to issue a warning to motorists to drive responsibly.
This weekend alone has seen eight lives lost on Queensland’s roads with a number of others now suffering serious injuries.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, four lives were lost in Townsville when a car flipped after clipping a roundabout. This was after an infant died in a single vehicle traffic crash in Mackay on Saturday afternoon.
Two men also died in a three-vehicle collision around 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon at Bethania.
Later Sunday night, a collision occurred between a car and a truck on the Warrego Highway at Oakey. An altercation has occurred between the two drivers when the driver of the car attempted to grab hold of the truck as it drove off and was thrown into oncoming traffic.
A 19-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious injuries.
Around 2.30am Monday morning, police were

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