Fatal traffic crash at Ellis Beach, QLD

Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at Ellis Beach north of Cairns this afternoon, Queensland Police say.

Preliminary information suggests around 2.40pm, a motorcycle and a sedan collided on the Captain Cook Highway.

The rider and pillion passenger of the motorcycle, a man and a woman, were pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver and two passengers of the sedan were uninjured.

Investigators are urging anyone who may have dashcam vision of the incident or who witnessed the crash to contact Policelink on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers.

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