Three killed in Bruce Highway crash in Queensland involving vehicle stolen at knife-point from family

Isuzu MU-X had been taken from a mother and her three children in carjacking in Gympie on Thursday, police say

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Three people have died in a horror road crash in Queensland, which police say occurred after a man allegedly attempted to ram another vehicle while driving a stolen car, causing both to cross on to the wrong side of the highway.

Both vehicles then collided with a third car on the Bruce Highway at Federal, south of Gympie, at about 4am on Friday.

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