A backpacking trip has ended in tragedy for four South Korean women after they were killed in a horrific car crash in southern Queensland just weeks after they arrived in Australia.
Police believe they may not have been familiar with road rules and failed to give way at a Southern Downs intersection before being struck by a semi-trailer about 5.30pm on Wednesday.
Emergency crews were met with "confronting" scenes after the truck hit the car on the driver's side and dragged it along the New England Highway near Stanthorpe for about 150 metres.
