Two separate fatal crashes are under investigation in Queensland after vehicles left the road in the Gladstone region and Far North Queensland.
A 20-year-old Agnes Water man died after his motorbike crashed into a wall in South Gladstone about 9.05pm on Friday, November 13.
The man was riding a blue Yamaha YZ motorbike along Beaver Avenue when it left the roadway and struck a wall.
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He was taken to Gladstone Hospital with critical injuries but died on Saturday, November 14.
In a separate crash late on Saturday night, a 52-year-old Mount Sheridan woman was driving a white Jeep Cherokee when her car left the Bruce Highway near Bellenden Ker and struck a culvert.
She sustained critical injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating both crashes.
Road deaths on the rise The incidents come as Queensland recorded 256 road fatalities between January 1 and November 8, seven more than the five-year average.
Motorcycle-related fatalities also continue to rise in Queensland, with 71 riders and passengers killed on the state’s roads so far this year.
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That is five more deaths than at the same point last year, according to the latest Department of Transport and Main Roads figures, extracted on November 9.