Man, 66, and motorcyclist taken to Proserpine Hospital following crashes near Sugarloaf
A man has been taken to hospital following a vehicle rollover near Sugarloaf shortly after a collision with a vehicle and a motorcyclist earlier in the day that shut one lane of a Whitsunday road.
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A man in his 60s was taken to hospital following a single vehicle rollover on a road in the Whitsundays.
The 66-year-old male sustained a head injury when a sedan rolled over on Richardson Road near the intersection with Gregory-Cannon Valley Rd just before 12.20pm, November 1.
He was transported to Proserpine Hospital in a stable condition.
Earlier, a man was injured in a collision between a vehicle and his motorbike.
Emergency services were called to the Gregory-Cannon Valley Rd near Sugarloaf around 11am.
Paramedics assessed a male patient who sustained an ankle injury in the crash while police closed one lane and started traffic control.
The male patient was transported to Proserpine in a stable condition before 11.40am.
Police reopened the road shortly after and cleared the scene.
Both followed a bad week of bad crashes in the region, included two cane truck drivers killed in a farm collision near Bloomsbury.
A 46-year-old Moranbah man died in a collision with a road train on October 28 and a 27-year-old Sarina man died in a collision with a cow at Glenella on October 27.
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