A 17-year-old boy has been charged in relation to a traffic crash at Babinda last year that claimed the lives of two people.
On October 27, 2019 two vehicles collided head-on along the Bruce Highway at around 7.30pm.
A 16-year-old girl from Bellenden Ker and a 19-year-old man from Wongaling Beach were both pronounced deceased at the scene. The pair were travelling in the same vehicle.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 17-year-old boy, was airlifted to Cairns hospital with serious injuries.
It is alleged that a quantity of dangerous drugs and ammunition were located in the vehicle he was travelling in.
Ongoing investigations by the Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit, have led to a 17-year-old boy from Gulliver being charged with, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, possessing dangerous drugs and authority required to possess explosive.
He will appear in the Townsville Children's Court.
