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Glenden truck crash: Man trapped in rollover on Collinsville Elphinstone Road

A driver was trapped for more than an hour with injuries following a truck rollover near Glenden.

A driver was trapped inside a vehicle for more than an hour with a suspected head injury after a truck rolled at Glenden. Picture: RACQ CQ Rescue
A driver was trapped inside a vehicle for more than an hour with a suspected head injury after a truck rolled at Glenden. Picture: RACQ CQ Rescue

A driver was trapped inside a vehicle for more than an hour with a suspected head injury after a truck rolled at Glenden on Monday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the single vehicle rollover on Collinsville Elphinstone Road, near Perry Drive, about 3.20pm.

A man in his 70s was trapped inside the prime mover with shoulder pain and a possible head injury, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.

A driver was trapped inside a vehicle for more than an hour with a suspected head injury after a truck rolled at Glenden. Picture: RACQ CQ Rescue
A driver was trapped inside a vehicle for more than an hour with a suspected head injury after a truck rolled at Glenden. Picture: RACQ CQ Rescue

Three Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crews were en route to the incident, about 160km west of Mackay, although two were later called off.

The man was removed from the truck about 4.40pm and assessed by paramedics for likely chest and stomach injuries.

A QFES spokeswoman said the RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter had arrived at the scene.

Collinsville Elphinstone Road has been experiencing localised congestions as a result.

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