A man has been charged with domestic violence-related murder after he allegedly sparked a crash and shut down a major Queensland highway.
A 51-year-old woman was stabbed to death at an property in the rural town of Mighell, near Innisfail, in northern Queensland on Friday afternoon.
The 51-year-old Mighell man, who police will allege knew the woman, is accused of fleeing the scene in a car before police arrived.
The car then collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway at Sandy Pocket, with the man fleeing on foot and allegedly trying to carjack a woman before he was arrested near the road.
Both the truck driver and female driver were uninjured.
Police charged the man with one count of domestic violence-related murder on Saturday and are working to determine whether he might have committed other offences.
They are appealing for witnesses, particularly those with relevant CCTV or dash-cam vision, to immediately come forward.
The man is expected to face Cairns Magistrates Court on July 1.
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