AUTHORITIES will take action at a fatal crash site on the Bunya Hwy north-west of Brisbane where a mother and her four children were killed, with concerns that the site is causing some distress for passing motorists.
Charmaine Harris McLeod and her four children, Aaleyn, 6, Matilda, 5, Wyatt, 4 and Zaidok, 2, were killed on May 27 when the vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck just outside Kumbia, near Kingaroy.
A South Burnett Council representative said after consulting the affected family, Queensland Police and the Department of Transport, it was decided that the site of the crash had resulted in a significant visual impact that had caused some distress, particularly to school children who travel the road daily.
Queensland Police have received approval from the family to undertake the clean-up of the site which will include hydro mulching burned areas and consolidating temporary memorials.
Works are scheduled to start this Thursday night and temporary memorials will remain on site until July 19.
A memorial cross will be later be established if the family wishes.
At the time, Locals in the town of Kumbia reacted with shock and sadness.
However, it isn’t the first time the Bunya Highway, which snakes through the locality, has claimed lives.
Kumbia farmer, Tracey Rayner, 47, said it was inevitable that there would be a fatal crash.
“The whole road from here to Bell and even Dalby is atrocious,” Ms Rayner said.
“It’s too narrow. I drove down that road yesterday.
“It’s a road you’ve gotta use to get to Toowoomba. I dread having to go that way all the time.”