The sole victim of a horror bus crash in Queensland has been identified as a young Argentine-Italian tourist who was on the trip of a lifetime. Serena Andreatta, 26, had been travelling through Thailand and Vietnam with a friend before her life was tragically cut short in North Queensland this week.
Ms Andreatta had been on a charter coach, travelling from Cairns to Airlie Beach, when it rolled off the Bruce Highway near Gumlu in Queensland's Whitsundays. There were 29 people on the FlixBus bus when it crashed about 4pm on Thursday, including the driver, a 70-year-old man who was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Ms Andreatta sadly died from her injuries in hospital later that night. Two other passengers suffered life-threatening injuries and remain in hospital as of Saturday morning. The driver, a Mackay man, has been released from hospital.
FlixBus has since claimed the driver wasn't speeding and tested negative for drugs and alcohol after undergoing mandatory testing. More to come.
