October 10, 2016
A Snapchat “selfie” has been blamed for a single-vehicle crash on the Bunya Highway near Kumbia on Monday morning.
A 24-year-old Maryborough woman, heading towards Dalby, lost control of her Holden Rodeo utility about 6:30am.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said the driver over-corrected after the vehicle hit gravel on the side of the road.
The vehicle then crossed the highway and rolled several times before coming to rest in a paddock.
“The driver was using a phone at the time, taking a Snapchat selfie,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
“Police found the mobile phone in the vehicle.”
The woman was taken to Kingaroy Hospital for treatment for a head injury which required stitches.
“She was very lucky. This should have been a fatality,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
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A man aged in his 20s has been taken to hospital with a broken collarbone after a motorcycle crash on Monday morning.
The man lost control of his bike on Rossmore Road, Kilkivan, about 10:10am.
Ambulance paramedics treated him at the scene before transporting him to Gympie Hospital.
