Police investigating whether deaths of mother and four children in Monday’s crash were part of a murder-suicide

Thirteen people have lost their lives in crashes on Queensland’s roads this week.

The death of a 20-year-old woman in a crash on the New England Highway near Crows Nest on Friday comes at the end of a dreadful week for the state.

Her death and that of a 90-year-old man who died after sustaining injuries in an incident on Thursday fell on the day of the safety initiative Fatality Free Friday safety.

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Police have also confirmed that homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of a family in a crash on Monday, and are considering the possibility it might have been a murder-suicide.

Charmaine Harris McLeod, 35, and her children Aaleyn, 6, Matilda, 5, Wyatt, 4, and Zaidok, 2, died in a head-on crash with a truck near Kingaroy.

One of McLeod’s daughters was freed from the burning wreckage, but was pronounced dead on the way to hospital.

They have not been added to the official toll because Queensland police commissioner Ian Stewart said there was a possibility the crash was not an accident.

“There are different rules – and that’s why we now have homicide detectives working on this case –where there is a potential that there was an intention for someone to die,” he said.

The state’s road toll for the year was 83 fatalities at 12.01am on Thursday

