Boy cyclist injured in Nebo Rd Bruce Highway Mackay crash

A lane of the Bruce Highway had to be closed to motorists during peak-hour traffic after a car collided with a ‘primary school aged’ boy on his bike who suffered injuries in the crash.

Two crashes in Mackay sent people to hospital and closed roads on Thursday, February 16.

A car has crashed into a young boy riding his bike along the Bruce Highway during peak hour traffic which closed the road to motorists.

A Queensland Ambulance Services spokeswoman said they were called to the scene along Nebo Rd in Mackay about 3.20pm.

She said the “primary school aged” boy who had been riding a bicycle suffered a leg injury a result of the crash and was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition.

It is understood the incident required a lane of the Bruce Highway to be closed.

There was also a two car crash on Kinchant Dam Road in Kinchant Dam about 2.30pm.

A police spokeswoman said there was no entrapments and no persons were seriously injured.

It is understood both lanes of Kinchant Dam Rd were closed to traffic while emergency services attended to the crash.