Published • loading... • Updated
Victim on ‘trip of a lifetime’ before tourist bus rolled
Police said all 28 passengers were tourists, and emergency crews airlifted two critically injured people to Townsville University Hospital.
- A FlixBus charter coach carrying 29 passengers rolled off the Bruce Highway near Gumlu about 4pm on Thursday, killing a 26-year-old woman and injuring 28 others travelling from Cairns to Airlie Beach.
- The crash site has a history of fatal incidents; a Greyhound bus crash in 2024 killed three women and critically injured two others at the same location, with a driver acquitted just a week prior.
- Eleven ambulances, two helicopters and a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane responded to the isolated site, with two critically injured passengers airlifted to Townsville University Hospital and 28 total injured distributed across regional hospitals.
- Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told ABC News on Friday that the victim was 'someone in the prime of their life, on the trip of a lifetime, in another country,' while police confirmed all passengers were tourists.
- Superintendent Cavanagh confirmed FlixBus operated a bus involved in a similar February incident near Mackay where a driver left the roadway, as Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg cited the need for $9 billion in federal-state highway investment.
Insights by Ground AI
11 Articles
11 Articles
The Canberra Times+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
Overseas tourists in fatal crash on 'trip of lifetime'
Passengers on board a bus involved in a deadly crash were tourists on a "trip of a lifetime",...
·Canberra, Australia
Read Full Article
Irish people thought to be among victims of Australian bus crash
One person has died, and several others are seriously injured after a bus carrying tourists crashed in Queensland, Australia. The crash happened on the Bruce Highway at a location known as Gumlu, when the bus left the road and rolled over before coming to rest on its side on the roadside between Townsville and Bowen, just before 4 pm on Thursday. A police spokesperson confirmed that the tourist coach was being driven by a 70-year-old man, and ha…
Coverage Details
Total News Sources11
Leaning Left5Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution72% Left
Bias Distribution
- 72% of the sources lean Left
72% Left
L 72%
14%
14%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
