An 85-year-old man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Basalt yesterday.
Police and emergency services were called to the intersection of Gregory Development Road and Hervey Range Road around 1.20pm on Thursday to reports of a car accident.
It is understood the vehicle veered off the road before colliding with trees.
The driver, an 85-year-old Greenvale man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The 72-year-old female passenger, also from Greenvale, was transported by air to the Townsville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating and police are appealing for anyone with information or who may of witnessed the crash to make contact.
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