Vehicle rollover near Winton blocks Landsborough Highway

Emergency services rushed to the rollover, which trapped an elderly man inside.

A vehicle rollover has blocked both lanes of traffic on the Landsborough Highway between Winton and Longreach. Picture: RICHARD JUPE

UPDATE 2.30PM: The Landsborough Highway has been reopened following a single vehicle crash on Wednesday morning, about 20km south west of Winton.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the diesel spill was minor and had been cleaned up and the vehicle had been moved from the road.

INITIAL: A vehicle rollover has blocked both lanes of traffic on the Landsborough Highway between Winton and Longreach.

Emergency services were called to the single vehicle rollover, which has been described as a motorhome, about 10am on Wednesday.

The driver, an elderly man, was initially trapped in the vehicle but was soon freed, a Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said.

Diesel was leaking onto the highway, near Landsborough Selwyn Park Access, about 20km south west of Winton, the spokeswoman said.

Paramedics treated the man for a small head laceration and took him to Winton Hospital in a stable condition.