UPDATE: Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash in Branyan early this morning.

Preliminary investigations indicate some time after 12.30am a silver Honda sedan was travelling along Branyan Drive, Branyan when the driver has lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree.

Sadly, a 25-year-old Red Hill man, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, died as a result of the crash.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations are continuing.

It is the second fatal crash in the Bundaberg region in a week. 

A 32-year-old North Bundaberg man died in a crash at Woodgate last Sunday.
 

EARLIER: Emergency crews tended to a serious crash in Bundaberg this morning.

According to the Queensland Ambulance Service, paramedics responded to Branyan Drive at 3.55am after a vehicle  left the road way and collided with a tree. 

The tree then fell on the vehicle.

One patient was assessed for critical injuries at the scene.