April 14, 2018
Police are investigating why a car skidded off the D’Aguilar Highway into a tree near Nanango on Saturday afternoon.
The vehicle, carrying an adult and two children, left the highway about a kilometre north of the Copper Country Motor Inn about 4:30pm.
Police and an ambulance crew attended the scene soon afterwards.
No one was injured, but the front of the sedan was badly damaged.
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A driver taking part in the Wondai Sprints was transferred to Murgon Hospital following a crash at 4:25pm.
Wondai Sprints organiser Kevin Krosch said it appeared the driver had failed to negotiate a bend on the course.
He said the driver appeared shaken and in pain when he got out of the vehicle so he was taken by ambulance to Murgon Hospital for observation.
The crash capped off an eventful day at the Sprints, which included an aircraft making an emergency landing at the rear of the track after it ran out of fuel.
The aircraft remained parked near the track until the day’s racing concluded.
About 5:00pm, police helped the pilot refuel the plane and make a safe departure.
