July 29, 2019
Seven drivers have been lucky to escape either unhurt or with minor injuries after a string of crashes in the South Burnett during the past week.
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No one was injured when a Ford Escape SUV crossed a footpath and ploughed through a fence and sign in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy at 2:45pm on Monday.
The incident occurred near the Kingaroy Street store.
It is believed the driver, a 49-year-old Nanango woman, lost control of the vehicle while reversing out of a driveway.
Initial investigations indicate her footwear became lodged under the accelerator.
Investigations are continuing.
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A man was transported by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Kingaroy on Friday night.
Emergency services were called to the incident on Taylors Road at 8:38pm.
The man’s Holden sedan struck a power pole. Investigations are continuing.
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Police are investigating the cause of a three-vehicle crash at the River Road roundabout near the Bunya Highway last Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the crash site about 3:00pm.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney, said a Toyota ute and a Hyundai hatchback had stopped at the intersection.
A Holden Commodore, driven by a 57-year-old Kingaroy woman, hit the rear of ute, pushing it into the rear of the Hyundai.
No one was injured but both the Commodore and the ute were extensively damaged.
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A 25-year-old Nanango man escaped injury when his Toyota ute struck a cow on Kingaroy-Cooyar Road at 10:30pm last Tuesday.
His vehicle then speared off and hit a tree on the opposite side of the road.
The ute was badly damaged.
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A 72-year-old NSW man suffered minor injuries in a single vehicle crash Pierces Creek Road at Emu Creek last Monday.
A police spokesperson said the driver failed to negotiate several tight turns in his vehicle and struck an embankment which caused his vehicle to overturn.
He was transported to Toowoomba Hospital.
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