March 18, 2019
Five people were taken to hospital after two separate crashes on the Wide Bay Highway near Kilkivan at the weekend.
The first incident occurred just after 3:00pm on Saturday.
A woman aged in her 90s and a man in his 80s were transported to Murgon Hospital as a precautionary measure after their vehicle, which was pulling a caravan, rolled.
On Saturday night, QAS paramedics were called back to the highway just before 9:00pm after a vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree at Black Snake.
A woman aged in her 30s were transported to Gympie Hospital with back pain.
A boy was also taken to Gympie Hospital for observation.
Another boy was transported to Murgon Hospital.
All three travelled in a stable condition.
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QAS paramedics were also called to two snake bite incidents in the South Burnett.
On Sunday night, a 70-year-old man was treated by paramedics and transported to Kingaroy Hospital after a reported carpet snake bite at Murgon.
On Monday morning, a patient was transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition following a reported snakebite at a private residence in Kingaroy just after 8.30am.
