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UPDATE 2.30PM: The highway has reopened and three people have been hospitalised following a crash involving a car and road works machinery at Longreach.
The three patients sustained minor injuries and were taken to Longreach Hospital in a stable condition.
Police advised the scene was clear and the Landsborough Highway had reopened in both directions.
INITIAL 12.15PM: Four people have been injured in a car and steam roller crash along the Landsborough Highway at Longreach.
Two Queensland Ambulance Service crews are at the site of the incident on the corner of Jabiru Street and the highway, which was reported about 11.20am.
These Australians come from different walks of life but they all share one thing in common.
Their photographs hang in the homes of devastated loved ones who cling to hope they will one day walk through the door.
More than 38,000 people go missing in Australia each year, but 95 per cent are found within a month.
This Christmas, there will be 2,600 families whose loved ones are unlikely to be joining them at the table.
More than 38,000 people going missing in Australia each year. While the majority are found, there are currently around 2600 people who are considered permanently missing
There is a name for the torture they endure daily - ambiguous loss - a grief defined by the lack of closure or understanding of the fate that befell their missing loved one.