SYDNEY, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Two people have died and two more have been hospitalized after a utility vehicle crashed into a tree on a property in the Australian state of Queensland on Monday.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said on Tuesday that the vehicle went over an embankment and hit a tree on the private property in Sandy Creek, 80 km north of Brisbane, shortly before 1:30 p.m. local time on Monday.
The 59-year-old male driver and a 75-year-old male rear passenger were declared deceased at the scene.
A 33-year-old woman who was traveling in the rear of the vehicle was airlifted to a Brisbane hospital with critical injuries.
A second woman, a 50-year-old who was the front passenger, was able to self-extract from the vehicle before she was also airlifted to the hospital for treatment.
A dog that was also in the vehicle died.
The QPS said that the vehicle has been towed for mechanical inspection and that the forensic crash unit has commenced an investigation. Enditem
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