Overview
- A FlixBus coach carrying more than 30 passengers lost control and overturned on the Bruce Highway near Gumlu, which occurred Thursday and left one passenger dead and several others injured.
- Victim Serena Andreatta, a 26-year-old from Rosario with Argentine and Italian citizenship, was rescued alive, taken to hospital and later died; she is reported as the sole fatality.
- Survivor Valentina Accardi remains hospitalized in Townsville and has opened a GoFundMe to cover airline tickets, lodging, funeral costs and the repatriation of Andreatta’s body to Argentina.
- FlixBus has said the driver was within the speed limit and that alcohol and drug tests were negative, but Queensland police and the Traffic Accident Investigation Unit are conducting an independent probe.
- Repatriation and family support involve fast-moving logistics with hospitals, consular services and international transport, so friends are also seeking urgent local accommodation and contacts in Townsville while arrangements proceed.