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Warana woman charged after fatal traffic crash

Forensic Crash Unit investigators have charged a woman with dangerous driving following the investigation of a fatal traffic crash in Woombye on Thursday 21 April.

It will be alleged a 25-year-old Currimundi man and 22-year-old Baringa man were assisting with repairs for a bus which was broken down on the side of Nambour Connection Road, when a vehicle travelling west has struck them.

Both men suffered critical injuries and were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, where they later died.

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, was not physically injured.

Investigators charged a 43-year-old Warana woman with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.

She will appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 24 June.

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