Lee Gunton, 22, was tragically killed in a car accident on Friday night. Claire Letitia Reynolds
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Community mourns young man killed in 'harrowing' crash
15th Jul 2018 1:22 PM
A SMALL Coast town is mourning the death of a 22-year-old man who was tragically killed in a car crash on Friday night.
Lee Gunton died when a silver sedan he was passenger in crashed on Maleny-Kenilworth Rd, while travelling west-bound from Maleny about 8.40pm
The driver, a 39-year-old Nambour man, escaped injury.
Speaking from the crash site, Senior Sergeant Mick Buckley said it was a "harrowing scene".
"(The driver) overtook a number of cars and then left the roadway and impacted a number of trees.
"The car's subsequently been split in two.
"It's not one we come across all that often."
