Brian Andrew Scutt ca 1955

Local man Brian Scutt, who remains in critical condition after the crash, inexplicably lost control of his four wheel drive ute while driving in the main street. Twenty people were hospitalised, including Mr Scutt, 60, who is in a critical condition and induced coma with a broken spine and burns to his face, back and body. Brian Scutt had worked on cattle stations on the Atherton Tablelands and was well known throughout Ravenshoe, which has a population of less than 1,000.