Article: Qld: School holiday trip turns to tragedy with three dead

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Qld: School holiday trip turns to tragedy with three dead

BRISBANE, Sept 27 AAP - A school holiday trip turned to tragedy today when three family members died after being thrown from a van in central Queensland.

The 84-year-old woman and two boys, aged 14 and 16, were in the van with three other family members and their dogs when it rolled on a notorious stretch of the Bruce Highway.

The accident happened about 5am (AEST), 20km south of St Lawrence, between Mackay and Rockhampton, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said.

The Brisbane family had been travelling home from a holiday in Cairns when disaster ...

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