{"id":206344,"date":"2018-04-14T19:32:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=206344"},"modified":"2020-08-05T11:55:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T01:55:19","slug":"car-smashes-into-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/04\/14\/car-smashes-into-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Smashes Into Tree Near Nanango"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_206346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206346\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414crash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-206346\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414crash.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414crash-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The occupants of a vehicle which left the D&#8217;Aguilar Highway and hit a tree near Nanango on Saturday afternoon were lucky to escape without injury, but the front of the car was badly damaged<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 14, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating why a car skidded off the D&#8217;Aguilar Highway into a tree near Nanango on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, carrying an adult and two children, left the highway about a kilometre north of the Copper Country Motor Inn about 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Police and an ambulance crew attended the scene soon afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured, but the front of the sedan was badly damaged.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * * <\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206361\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414brock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-206361\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414brock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414brock.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180414brock-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The badly damaged Commodore is removed from the track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A driver taking part in the Wondai Sprints was transferred to Murgon Hospital following a crash\u00a0<\/strong><strong>at 4:25pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wondai Sprints organiser Kevin Krosch said it appeared the driver had failed to negotiate a bend on the course.<\/p>\n<p>He said the driver appeared shaken and in pain when he got out of the vehicle so he was taken by ambulance to Murgon Hospital for observation.<\/p>\n<p>The crash capped off an eventful day at the Sprints, which included an aircraft making an emergency landing at the rear of the track after it ran out of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft remained parked near the track until the day&#8217;s racing concluded.<\/p>\n<p>About 5:00pm, police helped the pilot refuel the plane and make a safe departure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating why a car skidded off the D&#8217;Aguilar Highway into a tree near Nanango on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[25,30,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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