May 11, 2020
Two people were injured when a car became airborne and crashed into the cabin of a prime mover on the Bunya Highway on Friday night.
Emergency services were called to the incident, between Bell and Dalby, just after 6:00pm.
A police spokesperson said a Ford Territory was heading towards Bell when it passed a pilot vehicle heading in the opposite direction leading a truck carrying a wide load.
After the Ford passed the pilot vehicle it allegedly clipped the side of the truck’s trailer, became airborne and crashed into the cabin of a second truck following the first.
The car then rolled several times.
QFES used cutting equipment to free both drivers who were trapped inside their vehicles.
The Ford driver, a 62-year-old Dalby man, was transported by road ambulance to Dalby Hospital in a stable condition.
The truck driver, a 59-year-old Caboolture man, suffered suspected spinal and leg injuries and was airlifted by RACQ LifeFlight in a stable condition to Toowoomba Hospital.
The highway was closed for about four hours as emergency services attended the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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Three people were transported by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital after their vehicle hit a cow at Cushnie on Friday night.
QAS were called to the incident, near the intersection of Reillys and Reinkes roads, at 6:10pm.
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A woman aged in her 20s is recovering in hospital after she was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Brooweena-Woolooga Road at Woolooga on Saturday.
The Holden Commodore sedan left the roadway and rolled into a nearby paddock.
Emergency services were called just before 10:00am.
The Sunshine Coast RACQ LifeFlight Rescue crew worked alongside QAS paramedics to stabilise the woman, who suffered a suspected spinal injury.
She was transported in a stable condition to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
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A man has been airlifted to hospital after he fell from a horse while riding at a private property at Hampton on Saturday.
The Toowoomba RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was sent to the scene about 12:30pm.
The crew worked with QAS paramedics to treat the man, aged in his sixties, for head injuries.
He was transported to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.
