<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has been arrested after a 10-year-old girl and a woman were killed in a crash in a remote Aboriginal community in Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A car carrying five people crashed on Doomadgee Road in Doomadgee, 400 kilometres north of Mount Isa, about 6.30am local time today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services arrived to find them all seriously injured.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-artist-rachael-egan-painting-taken-in-suspected-case-of-mistaken-street-bounty/021e9a36-e9ad-4344-be6c-ae5ad917025b" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Priceless' painting taken in suspected case of mistaken street bounty</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver, a 30-year-old woman from Cloncurry, was given first aid but died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her four passengers were rushed to Doomadgee Hospital, where a 10-year-old girl died.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Of the remaining three, one is fighting for their life while two are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-doomadgee-crash-man-arrested-after-10yearold-girl-and-woman-killed/920f67c4-e0e9-4f69-aab4-5dcf0872e742" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have arrested a 28-year-old man known to the deceased.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A crime scene has been declared.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mount Isa Police District Acting Superintendent Paul Austin said the homicide unit was investigating.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sarah-henderson-comments-sussan-ley-opposition-leader-liberal-party/b8a3b445-078d-4f95-bcea-bdd77e0b7bb6" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Worst I've ever seen': Senior Liberal's scathing broadside at Ley</span></strong></a><span>
</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have to do this very respectfully, it is a tragic event and certainly for the lives that have been taken," he said.
</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Police are supporting the Doomadgee community and local officers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have advised the community that there is no ongoing threat.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>For 24/7 crisis support run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contact 13YARN (13 92 76).</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>
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