Western Downs crash: Head-on crash kills female driver, 21, and injures three others in horror motorway crash
A young woman has been killed and three others injured after two cars collided head-on on a provincial road.
The crash between a Hyundai Elantra and a Holden Colorado happened along the Leichhardt Highway at The Gums, in Queensland's Western Downs, at around 2.10pm on Wednesday.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and discovered that the driver and sole passenger of the Hyundai, a 21-year-old woman from New South Wales, had died.
A 56-year-old male passenger from the Holden was transported to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.
The driver of the ute, a 54-year-old woman, and another male passenger, 60, were taken to Tara Hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
The Forensic Crash Unit attended the scene as police launched an investigation into the crash.
Anyone with information or relevant dashcam footage is asked to contact police.
A 21-year-old woman died and three people were injured after a head-on car crash on the Leichhardt Highway (pictured) near The Gums on Tuesday afternoon