In the outer northern Brisbane suburb of Boondall, a bus carrying fifty passengers overturned and skidded on its side across a highway and down a steep embankment. Twelve people died as a result of the accident, and 38 were injured.
Boondall Bus Crash
Quick Statistics
12
Fatalities
39
Injured
Information sources
ABC News, 'Boondall bus crash: Firefighters haunted by memories of deadly Gateway Motorway accident', 7 July 2016, website viewed 7 June 2021
The Courier Mail, 'Boondall bus crash remembered 20 years on', 23 October 2014, website viewed 7 June 2021
Boondall Bus crash remembered 30 years on – Fraser Coast Regional Council