11-year-old boy dead following bus crash in Australia's Queensland-Xinhua

11-year-old boy dead following bus crash in Australia's Queensland

Source: Xinhua| 2024-07-16 18:29:45|Editor: huaxia

SYDNEY, July 16 (Xinhua) -- An 11-year-old boy has died after a fatal traffic accident in the Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday.

Queensland Police said in a statement that at approximately 3:45 p.m. local time, a bus was traveling along Jingellic Drive near Karawatha Drive when it struck a bicycle.

It said that the 11-year-old rider sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital where he was later declared deceased.

The bus driver, a man in his 60s, was not physically injured, and is assisting police with investigations, the police added.

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