May 12, 2015
Two elderly people from Wondai were taken to hospital for observation after a three-vehicle pile-up in Youngman Street, Kingaroy, on Monday morning.
Police said the 71-year-old woman driver and her 80-year-old male passenger were heading into Kingaroy when they apparently slowed as they approached the intersection with Albert Street.
The vehicle behind, a Toyota sedan driven by a 19-year-old Wondai man, also slowed, however the driver of an Isuzu Pantech truck following appears to have failed to notice the cars ahead were braking.
The truck hit the rear of the Toyota, pushing it into a stationwagon with the elderly pair on board.
The incident occurred just before 11:00am.
A 36-year-old Oakey man has been issued with a $265 ticket for following too closely to another vehicle.
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A wind gust has been blamed for an incident which wrecked a caravan on the Wide Bay Highway near Goomeri on Monday morning.
The large van, being towed by a 4WD with a family of four on board, jack-knifed sending the 4WD sliding into a ditch on the side of the road.
No one was injured but one lane of the Wide Bay Highway was closed until the wreckage could be removed.
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A woman driver escaped serious injury when her vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree on the Wide Bay Highway on Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the incident, which occurred not far from the Kimbombi Road turn-off, about 7:55am.
