Paramedics, firefighters rush to a man trapped in a Nissan Patrol after rollover in Mackay
Emergency crews have had to free a man who became trapped in the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after a wild morning crash outside a North Queensland Bunnings.
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Firefighters have rescued a young man from a crushed Nissan Patrol after it rolled near the Bunnings store in Mackay’s north.
The vehicle, travelling eastbound at the intersection of Holts Rd and Mackay-Bucasia Rd, rolled just after 9am.
The vehicle left the road and ended up in the garden patch outside the Bunnings.
A road sign was smashed up in the crash and the front of the 4wd was also crumpled in.
Firefighters, paramedics and police crews all attended the scene.
Firefighters extricated the man from the wreckage.
Paramedics loaded the man into an ambulance in a neck brace.
Another driver said she witnessed a single car speeding on the road before the accident.
The police are investigating the crash.
A Queensland Ambulance Spokeswoman confirmed the man was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
A tow company removed the vehicle just before 11am.
The Mackay region recorded another rollover just moments later.
About 9.30am, a single vehicle rolled on the Peak Downs highway near Greenmount.
The driver did not suffer any injuries in the crash.