{"id":240635,"date":"2019-07-29T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=240635"},"modified":"2019-08-06T12:33:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T02:33:59","slug":"police-called-to-string-of-crashes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/29\/police-called-to-string-of-crashes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Called To String Of Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
July 29, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Seven drivers have been lucky to escape either unhurt or with minor injuries after a string of crashes in the South Burnett during the past week.<\/p>\n No one was injured when a Ford Escape SUV crossed a footpath and ploughed through a fence and sign in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy at 2:45pm on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n The incident occurred near the Kingaroy Street store.<\/p>\n It is believed the driver, a 49-year-old Nanango woman, lost control of the vehicle while reversing out of a driveway.<\/p>\n Initial investigations indicate her footwear became lodged under the accelerator.<\/p>\n Investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n A man was transported by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Kingaroy on Friday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n Emergency services were called to the incident on Taylors Road at 8:38pm.<\/p>\n The man’s Holden sedan struck a power pole. Investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n Police are investigating the cause of a three-vehicle crash at the River Road roundabout near the Bunya Highway last Tuesday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n Emergency services were called to the crash site about 3:00pm.<\/p>\n Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney, said a Toyota ute and a Hyundai hatchback had stopped at the intersection.<\/p>\n A Holden Commodore, driven by a 57-year-old Kingaroy woman, hit the rear of ute, pushing it into the rear of the Hyundai.<\/p>\n No one was injured but both the Commodore and the ute were extensively damaged.<\/p>\n A 25-year-old Nanango man escaped injury when his Toyota ute struck a cow on Kingaroy-Cooyar Road at 10:30pm last Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n His vehicle then speared off and hit a tree on the opposite side of the road.<\/p>\n The ute was badly damaged.<\/p>\n A 72-year-old NSW man suffered minor injuries in a single vehicle crash Pierces Creek Road at Emu Creek last Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n A police spokesperson said the driver failed to negotiate several tight turns in his vehicle and struck an embankment which caused his vehicle to overturn.<\/p>\n He was transported to Toowoomba Hospital.<\/p>\n [UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seven drivers have been lucky to escape either unhurt or with minor injuries after a string of crashes in the South Burnett during the past week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":98458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[25,1132],"yoast_head":"\n* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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