Mount Isa Police have charged a man with murder after a 13-year-old girl was fatally struck by a vehicle in Pioneer early Saturday morning.
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Police said at around 2am there was a large disturbance involving multiple people on Delacour Drive and a man drove a vehicle directly into the crowd of people and struck a 13-year-old girl.
She suffered significant head injuries and died at the scene.
The alleged driver of the vehicle, a 52-year-old Pioneer man, has since been charged with murder.
He is due to appear in Mount Isa Magistrates Court on Monday, August 8.
The incident is unrelated to a hit and run on East St a day earlier when two women were injured.
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