March 27, 2021
Eight people – including six children – were transported to hospital for assessment after a rollover near Wooroolin on Friday night.
Emergency services were called to the crash on the Bunya Highway just before 10:00pm.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney said the Toyota failed to negotiate a bend, hit a guard post and flipped on to its driver’s side
QAS paramedics assessed two adults and six children at scene.
Snr Sgt Tierney said the driver, a 29-year-old Kingaroy woman, had told police she was travelling towards Kingaroy when she had to look back at her children.
“When she looked back at the road, she hit a guide post and lost control then the car flipped,” Snr Sgt Tierney said.
The patients were transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries.
The vehicle was moderately damaged.
Investigations are continuing.
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