Truck driver charged in relation to Kuranda Range pileup

Police are calling for dashcam vision relating to an 11 vehicle crash on the Kuranda Range earlier this week. See the shocking pictures.

Fresh images have revealed the scale of the 11 vehicle pileup on the Kuranda Range Road on Monday, July 8. Picture: Supplied

Police are calling for dashcam vision relating to an 11 vehicle crash on the Kuranda Range earlier this week.

On Tuesday a truck driver allegedly responsible for pileup was charged.

Emergency services were called to the major incident on the Kuranda Range about 4.10pm on Monday, involving 10 cars and a truck.

Anyone with vision or information about the crash is urged to contact police. Picture: Supplied

A truck driver has been charged in relation to the crash. Picture: Supplied

Police allege a 46-year-old Manoora man was driving a prime mover towing a trailer, when the truck collided into the back of a line of stationary vehicles which had stopped at a road works red light near Rainforestation.

A truck coming down the Kuranda Range road has crashed into ten stationary vehicles stopped at road works near Rainforestation. Picture: Queensland Ambulance Service

Fresh images have revealed the scale of the 11 vehicle pileup on the Kuranda Range Road on Monday, July 8. Picture: Supplied

A total of 10 stationary vehicles damaged in a domino style pileup.

Two people were treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries.

For almost seven months, two sections of the mountain road linking Smithfield and Kuranda have been reduced to one lane after large sections of the roadway crashed down the cliff during sustained heavy rainfall in mid-December.

A total of 10 cars were damaged in the incident. Picture: Supplied

A car showing significant damage to side panels. Supplied

The driver was detained for additional drug tests after he allegedly recorded a positive roadside test.

He was charged with one count each of driving without due care and attention and drug driving and is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on September 5.

After shutting at 4.33pm, the Department of Transport and Main Roads advised at 5.55pm on Monday the road had reopened but to also expect further delays.

A truck coming down the Kuranda Range road has crashed into ten stationary vehicles stopped at road works near Rainforestation. Picture: Queensland Ambulance Service

The crash closed the range road for 1.5 hours on Monday afternoon. Supplied

At the time of the crash on Monday afternoon, a Queensland Police Service spokeswoman confirmed crews were responding and motorists warned of lengthy delays.

“It looks like quite a few vehicles were affected, but amazingly, no one was hurt,” the spokeswoman said.

Emergency services arrive on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on the Kuranda Range on July 8, 2024. Picture: Rahm Adamedes

Last night a QPS spokeswoman confirmed crews will be on the ground to assist traffic.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed crews were responding to the incident.

“It looks like a multi-vehicle incident involving a truck,” the spokesman said.

“Traffic is heavily affected.”

Anyone with vision or information is urged to contact police and quote this reference number: QP2401152471

Originally published as Truck driver charged in relation to Kuranda Range pileup