A man has been charged with murder after a car crashed through a house and killed a woman at a funeral viewing in north Queensland. One dead, 12 injured after car crashes into far north Queensland funeral house Read moreEighteen people were flown to hospitals in Cairns and Townsville. A 55-year-old man has been charged with murder and is due to appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on Saturday. The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said it was a “very tragic incident”. The indigenous community, on the Gulf of Carpentaria side of Cape York, has a population of a little more than 1000 people.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2016 00:00 UTC