Barambah truck accident: Driver dies after vehicle flips over on Burnett Highway
- Truck driver dies after vehicle rolls into ditch
- The man died before emergency services arrived
A lorry driver has died after his vehicle overturned on a busy Queensland highway.
The semi-trailer was traveling near the intersection of the highway and Kilcoy Murgon Road near Barambah, northwest of Brisbane, when it crashed at 2am on Thursday.
Queensland Police confirmed that the driver, believed to be the only passenger, died at the scene before emergency services arrived.
The state’s Forensic Crash Unit is on scene investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
The man’s identity has yet to be confirmed, with police actively seeking information that could aid in identification efforts.
A lorry driver has died after his vehicle rolled over at the junction of the highway and Kilcoy Murgon Road near Barambah (pictured), northwest of Brisbane, at around 2am on Thursday.
The trailer was carrying a full load of farm produce, mostly pumpkins, which could be seen scattered on the ground next to the highway.
The truck can be seen right in front of the many boxes of pumpkins that came to rest on their side after the crash.
Traffic was disrupted on the road from the time of the accident until about 12:15 p.m.
Anyone with dashcam footage or information about the cause of the accident is asked to contact police.
It marks the most recent death on Australian roads after four people died just over eight hours later.
The two-vehicle accident occurred when a B-double lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Wenkes Rd in Chiltern, 22 miles south-west of Albury near the NSW border, just before 10:30am.
The four occupants in the car succumbed to their injuries, while the 30-year-old truck driver was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Wodonga Acting Senior Sergeant Joel Hughes, the truck was traveling north along the Hume Highway when it collided with the car as it attempted to enter the highway from Wenkes Road.
‘It’s terrible. Sadly, a number of lives have been lost on our roads this year in regional Victoria and this is another tragic incident,” he said.
“We are still investigating what caused this collision, but we just want all road users to be safe on our roads.”
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