Husband dead, wife critical after car slams into tree on Sunshine Coast

A man died and his wife was in a critical condition after their car veered off the road and smashed into a tree on the Sunshine Coast during the Easter long weekend.

Emergency services, including specialist critical care paramedics, were called to the scene on Ocean Drive in Pacific Paradise, a suburb of Maroochydore, about 7am on Sunday.

Police said the couple, aged in their 60s, were rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in critical conditions, but the man later died.

His wife suffered severe chest and pelvic injuries and remained in a critical condition, according to the Queensland Ambulance Service.

In a separate incident, four people, including two children, were injured when their car crashed into a pole at the intersection…