Three dead, hijack suspect sole survivor after stolen car involved in highway smash
A car allegedly stolen at knifepoint in Gympie on Thursday afternoon was involved in a three-vehicle crash that killed three people on the Bruce Highway north of the Sunshine Coast about 4am Friday.
Wreckage is strewn around the Bruce Highway at Federal, scene of a three-car triple fatality smash (Image QPS).
Three people died and a man was taken to Gympie Hospital with serious head injuries.
Police say the man, in his 30s, is under guard in hospital after allegedly carjacking a car at knifepoint before it was involved in a deadly Bruce Highway crash.
One of the vehicles involved was stolen in a violent carjacking In Gympie on Thursday, police have confirmed.
An alert for the vehicle was issued after a man armed with a knife threatened a woman and her three children as the family were getting into the Isuzu MU-X.
The terrified mother got her kids out of the vehicle before handing over the car to the robber.
The woman and children were not physically injured and police have been unable to confirm if the robber was involved in the fatal crash.
Southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway are expected to be closed for an extended period and diversions are in place.
