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'Recipe for disaster': Road safety expert 'not surprised' by fatal Qld bus crash
Key takeaways
- The large coach crashed at Gumlu, between Townsville and Bowen, after 4pm on Thursday.
- A road safety expert is calling for an overhaul of Australia's heavy vehicle sector after a fatal bus rollover in north Queensland this week.
- He says Australia is "decades" behind in bus safety standards and pointed out a number of issues with a stretch of the Bruce Highway where fatal bus crashes have occurred.
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The large coach crashed at Gumlu, between Townsville and Bowen, after 4pm on Thursday. (Supplied: Roberta Wilkins)
A road safety expert is calling for an overhaul of Australia's heavy vehicle sector after a fatal bus rollover in north Queensland this week.
He says Australia is "decades" behind in bus safety standards and pointed out a number of issues with a stretch of the Bruce Highway where fatal bus crashes have occurred.
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