March 6, 2026
A man aged in his 60s was transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a critical condition after his car and a B-Double truck collided at Chelmsford on Friday morning.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Tingoora-Chelmsford Road and Wondai-Proston Road about 10:45am.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said two fire crews attended.
They used cutting and spreading equipment to free the man from the vehicle, which was lying on its side.
A QAS spokesperson said the driver – who was the only occupant of the Toyota RAV4 – had head, arm and leg injuries.
He was taken by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a life-threatening condition; a rescue helicopter was expected to meet him at the hospital.
The truck driver, a man aged in his 70s, was not physically injured.
The police Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the cause of the crash.
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