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The Nanango family's Volvo XC90 was written off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Nanango family has been lucky to escape injury – although their 4WD is a write-off – after a freak accident which occurred on the New England Highway just south of Cooyar.<\/p>\n

Margie Lee-Madigan, her husband Scott and son Jack were returning home from Farmfest on June 4 when their vehicle was struck by a runaway wheel careening down the centre of the road.<\/p>\n

The wheel, possibly from a 4WD or a truck, struck the family’s vehicle on the front guard and then ran across the bonnet, narrowly missing the windscreen.<\/p>\n

Mrs Lee-Madigan told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> she was very grateful to be alive, and she was full of praise for the family’s Volvo which was only two years old.<\/p>\n

“The airbags and seatbelts saved our lives,” she said<\/p>\n

“And if we had been in a smaller car, the tyre would have slid from the bonnet into the windscreen. We are certainly going to get another Volvo.”<\/p>\n

The incident occurred just after dark as Scott was driving. \u00a0He had dimmed the headlights for oncoming traffic when a split second later the wheel came rolling out of the darkness at speed and struck the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Mrs Lee-Madiganbelieves it must have fallen off a trailer or the back of one of the vehicles that was passing.<\/p>\n

“They all kept going. They didn’t even know that they had lost anything,” she said.<\/p>\n

The couple returned to the accident scene the next day with a Cooyar police officer to try to find the wheel that had caused the damage, and maybe a clue to locate the owner.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t know where it went in the darkness, and we couldn’t find it the next day,” she said.<\/p>\n

Officer-in-Charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said penalties applied for driving with an unsecured load.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We regularly see it when people are taking loads out to the tip,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It is a danger to other motorists and police can issue infringement notices.”<\/p>\n

Snr Sgt Frank said there could be other penalties imposed as well if the lost load caused an accident, damage or injuries.<\/p>\n

“Loads should always be roped and taped down to ensure safety,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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