Bruce Highway reopened after crash near Alligator Creek
The Bruce Highway has reopened after a single vehicle crash which landed a car in a ditch.
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The Bruce Highway has reopened after a medical episode caused a crash near Alligator Creek, landing a car in a ditch.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said they were called to the crash around 10.57am where a man in his 80s was transported to Mackay Base Hospital in a life-threatening condition caused by the medical episode.
A second person was uninjured in the crash.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said three crews responded to the accident where they extracted the man from his vehicle which had gone into a ditch.
It is understood the vehicle was in about knee-deep water and the man in his 80s had to be removed from the vehicle.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said the Bruce Highway was now reopened to all traffic in both directions.
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