3. Gympie mourns much-loved resident dead in horror crash The Gympie and Cooloola communities were in mourning over the loss of one of their own in a horrible two car crash at Tinana. 74-year-old Bev Nimmo was killed when her red Toyota Corolla collided with a white RV heading north on the Iindah Rd West Bruce Highway on-ramp. The Gympie and Cooloola communities are in mourning after a fatal crash at Tinana claimed one of their own. Bev Nimmo (in red shirt) is being remembered for her sense of humour, while thoughts and wishes remain with Sylvia Kyte (in white) as she fights for life in hospital.
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It has been a horror year on Queensland roads in 2020, and the Gympie region has been no exception.
260 people have died in 235 fatal crashes across the state to December 13, according to the Queensland Road Crash Weekly Report.
Those numbers are up a staggering 21.5 per cent and 22.4 per cent respectively on the statistics from this time last year.
We remember the 13 people who died on Gympie region roads this year, and will not be coming home to spend Christmas with their loved ones.
A 28-year-old Gympie man was one of two people killed in an horrific single-vehicle crash at Capella on Monday night, police revealed.