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Five die on Australia's Queensland roads

Xinhua, March 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Five people were killed on Australia's Queensland roads on Sunday causing police issue a warning to motorists.

A 17-year-old man became the fifth person to die on Queensland roads after rolling his Toyota Landcruiser on a countryside road about 300 kilometers inland of Mackay at 6:15 p.m. Sunday night.

His death came after four earlier fatalities on Sunday including two riders who were killed when a motorbike collided with the front of a car in the morning.

The second double fatality on Sunday morning happened when a truck and car collided about 30 kilometers west of Mackay. Endi