Driver frees himself following truck crash near Tin Can Bay
A logging truck has rolled on the Tin Can Bay Road near Wallu
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A logging truck carrying a full load of timber has lost control and rolled in wet conditions at the intersection of the Tin Can Bay Road and Maryborough Cooloola Road at Wallu this morning.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene about 8.30am and traffic was able to travel around the toppled vehicle.
The cabin of the logging truck has ended up almost on its roof in a ditch beside the road.
A QAS spokesman said paramedics were dispatched to the scene about 8.22am but fortunately nobody had been injured and nobody required tranpsortation to Gympie Hospital.
Queensland Police Media said the single vehicle truck rollover occurred around 8.20am on Tin Can Bay Rd at the Maryborough roundabout exit.
The driver was able to immediately get out of the truck uninjured.
QFES have since been cleaning up a diesel spill from the incident.
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