One person dies after car ploughs into Queensland shopping centre
One person has died after a car ploughed into a shopping centre in Bundaberg, with another left fighting for their life.
Emergency crews were called to reports a car had struck two pedestrians and crashed into a building at Northway Plaza at about 10.10am on Monday.
Crews were working to free a female driver from her car, according to Courier-Mail.
Emergency services remain on the scene.
Chief Inspector Grant Marcus confirmed that one died following the accident.
‘It appears at about 10 o’clock this morning a car has accidentally, or for some reason driven through the front of the medical practice here right behind me,’ he said outside the scene.
‘Unfortunately, as a result of that, it’s collided with two people inside.
‘One of them is deceased, whilst the other one’s quite seriously injured.
Emergency crews were called to reports a car had struck two pedestrians and crashed into a building at Northway Plaza at about 10.10am on Monday
‘We’re still trying to ascertain how this has occurred and what the circumstances are.
‘There’ll be a lot of investigations going on at the moment.’
Chief Inspector Marcus said police were working to ensure the scene was safe for emergency crews and members of the public.
‘We need to make sure that this scene is safe for not only the people working in there, but also for the emergency services who need to undertake their investigation,’ he said.
‘It is still very early days; we’re still waiting for our forensic crash investigator to arrive to do their investigations and try and get down to the cause of it all.
‘But at this stage… it appears that a car has driven through the front window of the premises, and unfortunately, as a result, one person has passed away from the collision, and another one is seriously injured.’
He was also unable to comment on whether speed was a factor in the incident.
‘We’re still trying to piece all of that together,’ he said.
‘There is some CCTV potentially that’s available for us to view as well.
‘Obviously, if there are any witnesses or anyone who has any dashcam footage or something like that, if they can provide that to the police, that would be greatly appreciated.’
More to come.
