Girl, 5, dies after being thrown from off-road buggy on Queensland property

A five-year-old girl has died and a nine-year-old boy is in hospital after an off-road buggy rollover on a rural Queensland property.

The girl was thrown from the all-terrain buggy shortly before 6pm on Tuesday at the private property on Chinchilla Tara Road in Chinchilla, 3½ hours north-west of Brisbane.

Three ambulances were called to the property to treat the two children, but the young girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The boy was taken by ambulance in a stable condition to Tara Hospital.

Western Downs Mayor Andrew Smith extended his sympathies to the family.

“Our hearts, love and thoughts go out to the family at this time,” he said.

The Forensic Crash Unit will investigate the incident.

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