Man dies after ATV buggy rolls on Queenlsand’s Toolakea Beach

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The 25-year-old Malanda man died at the scene.
The 25-year-old Malanda man died at the scene. Credit: Google Earth

A young man has died after an ATV buggy rolled during a nighttime ride along a Queensland beach.

The 25-year-old Malanda man was a passenger in the vehicle when it crashed about 2.15am on Toolakea Beach in Townsville.

He died at the scene.

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The driver, a 23-year-old Hermit Park man, was transported to the Townsville University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Queensland Police’s forensics crash unit is investigating.

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