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A man charged in relation to a fatal crash at Midgee last year which killed Emily Barnett, 21, and caused her friend critical injuries, has had his matter mentioned in court for the first time on Friday.
Peter William Martin, 57, has been charged with two counts of driving without due care and attention causing death or grievous bodily harm.
His matters were mentioned in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Friday morning.
Mr Martin was airlifted to Rockhampton Hospital in a critical condition with suspected extensive internal injuries and multiple fractures. He was later flown to a Brisbane hospital.
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OFF-duty police officers witnessed a speeding Kenworth truck collide with the rear of another big rig, then attempt to overtake, causing the driver of an oncoming truck to veer off the Cunningham Highway to avoid a head-on.
A decade later, that incident and other more recent offences were finalised by Ipswich Magistrateâs Court, when Dean Willett was sentenced and fined this week.
The long haul truck driver revealed he had been jailed in NSW for separate driving offences.
Dean George Willett, 48, from Corowa in NSW, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to driving a prime-mover without due care and attention on the Cunningham Highway on July 18, 2008.