Bruce Highway blocked after crash in Sarina, three injured in Mackay New Year’s Eve crashes

The Bruce Highway was shut following a two vehicle crash in the middle of Sarina. This comes after three people were injured in the Mackay region in several crashes overnight.

Generic ambulance, QAS, Queensland Ambulance Service, emergency, Friday, June 14, 2024. Picture: Kevin Farmer

It’s been a busy night as crashes and collisions across the region sent a number of people to the hospital.

Northbound traffic on the Bruce Highway was stopped on Wednesday morning, January 1, following a two-vehicle crash in Sarina.

Emergency services rushed to Broad St near Johnston St in Sarina after two vehicles crashed near Broad St, blocking the northbound lanes.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman said no one was physically injured and investigations into the crash were ongoing.

This comes after a busy New Year’s Eve and Day for emergency services which started with reports of a car crashing and catching fire in Palmyra.
Paramedics responded to Bells Rd just before 8.30pm, New Year’s Eve and transported one person with a head injury and another patient to Mackay Hospital in a stable condition.

The next crash came in the early hours of New Year’s Day when two men riding e-scooters collided in North Mackay.

A man in his 20s and a man in his 30s crashed into one another on Harbour Rd just after 1am, with the man in his 20s sustaining a head injury and the other only suffering minor injuries.

Close by on Malcomson St in North Mackay a man was rushed to hospital just after 1am after suffering a life threatening injury falling from his bicycle.