Emergency crews called to fatal cane truck rollover in the Whitsundays

A man has died after being pinned under a vehicle in the second fatal cane truck incident in the Mackay Whitsunday region in the past month. DETAILS, PHOTOS

A driver has died after a cane truck rolled pinning him underneath on Gunyarra Rd at Andromache. Photo: Krystal Hender

A driver has died after suffering life threatening injuries when a cane truck rolled pinning him underneath on a rural road in the Whitsundays, in the second cane truck related tragedy in just over a month.

Emergency crews were called to the latest incident which occurred about 1pm at Andromache on November 29.

It is understood the vehicle - a cane truck with full cane bins - had been travelling on Gunyarra Rd when it left the roadway at a bend and rolled.

The truck had been on its way to drop on its load of sugarcane.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics assessed one man, the driver, with life threatening injuries.

A driver has suffered life threatening injuries after a truck rolled pinning him underneath at 1.20pm on Gunyarra Rd at Andromache. Photo: Krystal Hender

It is understood he was pinned under the truck.

Sadly the 52-year-old Cannonvale man died from his injuries.

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have been contacted if they are investigating the incident.

This is the second cane related fatality in the region in the past month after two Proserpine men were killed when two cane trucks collided on a private property near Gibson Creek Bridge at Bloomsbury on October 28.

Two fully laden trucks had been outbound and two empty truck were heading back into the property when the collision occurred between one full and one empty truck, killing two drivers - men aged 38 and 59.

The BMA CQ Rescue chopper was called to a two-truck crash on the Bruce Highway near Bloomsbury at Gibson Creek Bridge on October 28, 2024. Picture: Supplied

The BMA CQ Rescue chopper landed at the scene but tragically it was too late for the drivers, who were initially trapped in the vehicles, to be saved. They died at the scene.

Investigations were exploring if the dusty dirt road might have been a contributing factor in relation to visibility at the time of the crash.

WHSQ is investigating that incident.

This latest cane truck fatality came not long after emergency calls to another vehicle rollover with the driver trapped inside the car in the Mackay region.

Emergency crews at the scene of a Mackay region rollover on Erinagh Rd in Balnagowan. Photo: Fergus Gregg

The incident happened about 12.40pm on Erinagh Rd in Balnagowan where it is understood the vehicle has rolled down an culvert.

Multiple emergency crews including police, five and paramedics have been called to the site.

A man was freed from the vehicle and was not injured.