1 dead, 1 seriously injured after car crashes into Australian medical center

A man has died and a woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a car that crashed into a medical center in the Australian state of Queensland on Monday.

Queensland Police Service Chief Inspector Grant Marcus told reporters that a vehicle crashed into a medical center in the city of Bundaberg, about 300 km north of Brisbane, shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, striking several people inside.

A 63-year-old man, who was in the waiting room when the vehicle crashed, sustained critical injuries and was declared dead a short time later.

His partner, a 63-year-old woman, was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Marcus said investigators were working to determine whether speed or a mechanical fault played a role in the crash, but that the incident did not appear to be deliberate.

He said the 71-year-old female driver had been taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered serious.