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Four dead after horror crash on Central Queensland highway
Four people have died in a horror crash in Central Queensland on Sunday morning, adding to the statewide toll of nine deaths since Friday.
The crash happened about 10:50am on the Capricorn Highway, between Blackwater and Comet in the Central Highlands, 230 kilometres west of Rockhampton.
One vehicle carrying four passengers and the second carrying two passengers crashed and caught fire.
Queensland Ambulance Service treated four people, however they died at the scene.
Emergency services could not provide their ages or gender.
A further two men in their 20s were taken to Emerald Hospital with life-threatening injuries, including chest and abdominal injuries.
Five ambulance crews attended with two Queensland Fire and Emergency Services vehicles.
The RACQ Capricorn Rescue Service helicopter was called but was stood down.
Queensland Police Service said it could not provide more details "due to the complexity of the incident".
The Capricorn Highway between Comet and Blackwater remained closed on Sunday afternoon with a 50-kilometre detour in place through Rileys Crossing Road and Blackwater Cooroorah Road past Bedford Weir.
The detour is not suitable for heavy vehicles.
Police investigations are continuing.
Nine people have been killed on Queensland roads since Friday, including three people in a head-on collision in Mackay on Friday night.
