A woman has died and two others have been injured after a horror crash on Hobart’s Brooker Highway overnight.
Police say the female driver of a green Mazda demio passed away at the scene shortly after 9pm on Monday.
Initial indications suggest the woman was travelling south up the northbound lane when she collided with an oncoming vehicle near the Clover leaf intersection, Police say.
The female driver of the other vehicle, a Silver VW Hatch and her daughter who was a passenger, were rushed to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
The Brooker Highway and parts of the Domain Highway were closed for several hours while emergency services worked to clear the scene.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Several reportedly injured in serious Brooker Highway crash
Pulse understands several people have been ‘seriously injured’ in a crash on the Brooker Highway near Queens Domain tonight.
Dozens of Police officers, paramedics and firefighters are currently on the scene of the crash, which is blocking both northbound lanes of the highway.
Police say “extensive closures” are expected into the night and “no traffic” will be able to travel on either side of the road near the crash “for a number of hours”.
All traffic heading north will be diverted via New Town’s Federal Street, with motorists asked to take an alternate route to avoid the Brooker Highway.
Traffic coming from the Tasman Bridge on the Domain Highway will be diverted via Queens Walk.
Hobart-bound traffic is being diverted towards the Tasman Bridge on the Domain Highway.
Any motorists that may have dashcam footage of the crash are asked to contact Police.
