Two passengers fighting for life after horror early morning crash at Queensland coal mine

A man has died and another is fighting for life after a vehicle crashed in the early hours at a coal mine near Moranbah in central Queensland. The incident has prompted a police and workplace safety investigation, as officials work to establish exactly how the crash occurred at the mine site.

Emergency services were called to the scene in the early morning, where one passenger was pronounced dead and a second was left critically injured and taken to hospital. Authorities have not yet released the identities of those involved, and investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.