Tragedy has struck in the aftermath to the 2017 Dubbo Show, with three teenagers killed in a fatal crash near Goondiwindi on Monday morning believed to be from a family that works on the show circuit.
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It is understood the teenagers and their family were travelling back to Queensland after attending the weekend’s festivities at Dubbo Showground.
A spokesman from The Showmens Guild of Australasia said it was the saddest day their community had ever seen.
“We are a small community and we are very close to one another and everyone is affected by this,” the spokesman said.
“They were really beautiful kids, beautiful teenagers, well respected, hard working kids and everyone is mourning.
“They were part of a beautiful family.”
Paramedics were called to the Newell Highway, 30 kilometres south of Boggabilla, about 6.12am after reports two trucks and one vehicle had crashed.
One truck driver and a bystander were taken to the Goondiwindi Hospital in a stable condition.
The male truck driver, in his early 30s, sustained multiple suspected head, limb and internal injuries after he was ejected from the truck.
Queensland Ambulance Service Executive Manager of Operations Glen Maule said from what he had been told by first responders it was a huge scene and debris was spread over a large area of the highway.
“One would expect that police will have to do significant inquiries into what has occurred this morning to be able to piece together what has happened to cause such a tragedy to occur with three young people in their late teens and mid teens losing their lives,” he said.
The Newell Highway is expected to be closed for some time.
