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Two teens killed in motorway smash
15th January 2009
Two teenagers died when two cars and a truck crashed on the Sunshine Motorway about 2pm.
THE people have been killed in a horror day on Sunshine Coast roads.
The latest death came about 5pm when two cars crashed on David Low Way at the town of Seaside.
No further details are known.
Twoyoung women were killed and a man was seriously injured less than threehours earlier when a concrete truck slammed into three cars on theSunshine Motorway, north of the David Low Way exit at Pacific Paradiseabout 2.10pm.
The young women, 17 and 18, were passengers in a green Subaru that was stopped behind two cars at road works.
Investigationsare continuing but it is believed a concrete truck driver failed tostop and slammed into the line of waiting cars from behind.
The father of the girls was rushed to Nambour General Hospital where he was in a stable condition about 4.30pm.
The motorway has been closed in both directions and David Low Way is also closed near the Town of Seaside.
Police are urging motorists to avoid the area.
More information about both crashes will be published as it becomes available.
Another person was killed in a crash near Toowoomba this morning.
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