Video emerges of shocking Gympie Bruce Hwy cement truck crash

Video has emerged of a loaded cement truck careering down a busy Bruce Hwy overpass at Gympie, before tipping over and trapping the driver, and causing hours of traffic chaos.

Video has emerged of the terrifying moments a heavily laden cement truck veered out of control down a Bruce Hwy overpass on the southern outskirts of Gympie and crashed through guard rails, seriously injuring and trapping the driver.

The footage was captured by what appears to be a traffic camera above the intersection of the highway and the Hughes Terrace overpass and shows the moment the truck lost control and started to look like it was going to tip over last Friday morning, October 6.

Multiple emergency crews were called to the scene following the crash, which happened about 9.30am.

The low quality, 18-second clip shows the seconds before the Mansell cement truck careened into frame from the eastern side of the highway.

It skids along the length of the overpass before smashing through guardrails and a lamppost bordering the off-ramp, tipping onto its side and sliding to a rest in the middle of the intersection amid a cloud of dust and cement.

The clip was posted online by a little-known YouTube Channel PopVidz, which has two subscribers.

Fireys worked for more than 30 minutes to free the driver, who was then flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women's’ Hospital in a serious condition.

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Firefighters worked for more than 30 minutes to free the driver, who was aged in his 40s and suffered head, abdominal, pelvic and leg injuries in the crash.

He was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a serious condition.

The off-ramp was blocked to traffic for more than two hours, causing traffic along the highway to back up for kilometres, and forcing Mary Valley traffic to cross the Mary River via Kidd Bridge.

The driver was transported to the nearby helicopter after it landed on the Mary Valley Highway near Attie Sullivan Park.

The driver of a cement truck was trapped when it rolled on the Bruce Highway near Normanby Bridge in Gympie on September 29, 2023.

The bridge across the Bruce Hwy at Gympie was blocked for more than two hours as emergency crews worked to free the driver from the truck’s wreckage.

Emergency crews at the scene of a cement truck rollover at just off the Bruce Hwy, at Gympie, Friday September 29, 2023.