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Police search for fail-to-stop driver after 92yo killed in crash

ABC Australia · May 10, 2026, 1:37 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Another life has been lost on Queensland's roads after an elderly man was killed near the NSW border.
  • Emergency services were called to the New England Highway at Glen Aplin near Stanthorpe after a car rolled and smashed into a power pole just before 2pm on Saturday.
  • Initial investigations indicate an SUV travelling south swerved off the highway when an oncoming car drove towards them on the wrong side of the road.

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Another life has been lost on Queensland's roads after an elderly man was killed near the NSW border. (ABC News: Melissa Maddison)

Link copied Share Share article Police are searching for the driver of a car that failed to stop after a fatal crash killed an elderly man in southern Queensland.

Emergency services were called to the New England Highway at Glen Aplin near Stanthorpe after a car rolled and smashed into a power pole just before 2pm on Saturday.

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