Woman injured after vehicle hits kangaroo, rolls at Emerald
A woman has been taken to hospital after a vehicle rollover on a Queensland highway where she was hurt in a crash involving a kangaroo.
Central Queensland
Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A woman has been injured in a single-vehicle rollover at Emerald on Saturday morning after a crash with a kangaroo.
Paramedics were called to the Capricorn Highway and Denison Road at 5.58am.
Queensland Ambulance Service said the vehicle rolled after hitting a kangaroo.
A QAS spokesman said the woman in her 40s suffered a lower leg injury and she was taken to Emerald Hospital in a stable condition.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said police attended the scene and the vehicle had been towed from it.
Join the conversation
Bystander ‘tried to open’ child-biting dingo’s jaws before stabbing
New details about the moment a dingo was nearly stabbed to death while attacking a child can be revealed as the region’s mayor warns escalating dingo attacks are “different to what we used to see”.
Read more
‘We’ll stab you’: Teen’s four armed robberies in nine days
A teenager’s nine-day crime spree and the terror he left in his wake across the Rockhampton region has been revealed in court.
Read more