June 7, 2020
Five people were assessed by paramedics after a crash in Kingaroy early on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called to the incident – on the corner of William and Haly Streets, near Memorial Park – at 5:22am.
A police spokesperson said a Suzuki hatchback heading south allegedly crossed Haly Street into William Street on the wrong side of the road.
The vehicle then struck a kerb before hitting a giveway sign and a vehicle parked in the centre parking. It then crashed into a power pole.
A QAS spokesperson said four people did not require transport.
A fifth person was taken to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition.
Police are awaiting the results of blood tests from the driver, a 22-year-old Springfield woman.
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No one was injured in a fire which destroyed St Leo’s Catholic Church in Haden early on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called to the church, near Boundary Street, at 12:10am.
Paramedics were on standby, but no patients required assistance.
The wooden church building was destroyed.
QFES is investigating the cause of the blaze.
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A man was transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition after a single-vehicle crash on Curtis Road, Kingaroy, on Saturday night.
Emergency services were called at 6:11pm.
A QAS spokesperson said the man’s vehicle was reported to have hit a kangaroo.
[UPDATED. Originally published as “Two Crashes In Kingaroy Overnight”]
