August 4, 2014
Three drivers have been lucky to escape serious injury after separate road crashes in the South Burnett.
On Friday, a semi-trailer loaded with hay overturned on Corndale Road, at Memerambi, about 4:30pm.
Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, from Kingaroy police, said it appeared the load shifted on the back of the truck, causing the trailer and prime mover to roll onto their sides.
The truck driver was taken by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital for assessment.
No other vehicle was involved in the incident.
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At 3:00pm on Saturday afternoon, police were called to a single-vehicle accident on Transmitter Road at Wooroolin.
Snr Sgt Frank said a Commodore had been pulling off the Bunya Highway onto Transmitter Road when the driver appeared to have lost control on the dirt, over-corrected and slid off the road into a ditch.
“Speed was involved,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
A 19-year-old Wondai man has been charged with not having proper control of his vehicle.
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An 18-year-old man driving from Yarraman to Nanango on the D’Aguilar Highway has told police he swerved to miss a kangaroo before crashing his car.
The incident occurred about 6:30pm on Sunday night.
Snr Sgt Frank said the man’s Nissan left the road and crashed into an embankment near the Berlins Road intersection.
“Other motorists stopped and rendered assistance and removed him from the vehicle,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
“Fortunately he was not injured but an ambulance took him to hospital for assessment.
“His vehicle was towed from the scene.”
