December 3, 2025
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious traffic crash which occurred on Oakey-Cooyar Road at Highgrove on Tuesday to contact police.
Initial investigations indicate that just before 2:00pm a BT-50 Mazda utility, travelling south, and a B-Double cattle truck, travelling north, collided.
The driver of the ute, an 18-year-old Westbrook woman, was airlifted by LifeFlight with critical head and leg injuries.
She was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a life-threatening condition.
The driver of the B-Double, a 35-year-old Dalby man, was uninjured.
The LifeFlight chopper landed in a paddock close to the incident.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the crash – and, in particular anyone who may have rendered assistance to the 18-year-old woman at the scene – to come forward.
Investigations are continuing.
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A woman aged in her 40s suffered critical injuries on Wednesday afternoon when her vehicle ran off the Wide Bay Highway at Bells Bridge and hit a tree.
A QAS spokesperson said the woman was transported in a life-threatening condition by ambulance to Gympie Hospital and then airlifted to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
Emergency services were called to the incident at 1:50pm.
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