Three killed in Bruce Highway crash in Queensland involving vehicle stolen at knife-point from family

Isuzu MU-X had been taken from a mother and her three children in carjacking in Gympie on Thursday, police say

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Three people have been killed in Queensland and a highway shut down after several vehicles collided in a horrific crash that involved a car stolen in a violent carjacking.

Emergency services were called after the three-car collision on the Bruce Highway south of Gympie about 4am on Friday.

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