A 12-year-old girl has died after a car rolled near Cooktown this afternoon.
Around 6pm, a Nissan sedan was travelling east along Railway Avenue East Cooktown when it left the road and rolled.
Members of the public rendered first aid to the young girl prior to arrival of emergency services. She died on scene a short time later.
A 44-year-old man driving the vehicle was not physically injured.
Crash investigators are appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash to come forward.
The QPS acknowledges the First Nations – Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as the Traditional Owners of the lands throughout Australia, and their connection to country and community. We pay our respect to all Traditional Owners, and to their Elders past, present and emerging. We pay our respects to the First Nations’ ancestors of this land and their legacy. The foundations by these ancestors — our First Nations people — gives strength, inspiration and courage to current and future generations, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
