The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Bli Bli this morning, August 26.
Police were called to Bli Bli Road around 7.15am to reports of a two-vehicle crash between Prentis Road and Cooney Road involving a car and a truck.
Initial instigations indicate the car, a Mazda 3, was traveling east on Bli Bli Road when it collided with the truck, a Hino FE, traveling the opposite direction.
The driver of the truck, a 50-year-old Nambour man, was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital for assessment but was not physically injured.
The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 56-year-old Parklands man, was declared deceased at the scene.
Investigations are ongoing.
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