Queensland's first Christmas period road fatality mars festivities A QUEENSLAND family is in mourning following a fatal car crash on Christmas Eve. A man, 69, died after his 4WD crashed into a tree off of Baumanns Rd, Avondale - near Bundaberg - before 12.30pm on Tuesday. The crash was reported to police by a passing motorist. Booze bus pulls over top cop Emergency services were unable to revive the man, who lived in the Avondale area, when they arrived shortly after. The Forensic Crash Unit is appealing to the public to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000 if they have any information that could assist their investigations. The fatality marks the first for the Christmas holiday period. Queensland's road toll now unofficially stands at 270. Nationally, the road toll stands at three after a man was killed when a car hit a tree and split in two during a police pursuit in northern NSW on Monday. A second man in the Holden sedan was critically injured in the high speed crash about 4km north of Moree at about 11pm. Police say they were attempting to catch up with the car after it passed a stationary RBT site on the Carnarvon Highway, but officers found the vehicle split in two on impact. The two occupants were thrown from the vehicle and a man aged in his 20s from Moree died at the scene. A 24-year-old man, also from Moree, was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital suffering critical head, leg and internal injuries.