Woman critically injured in Peak Downs Highway crash outside South Walker Creek Mine

A major mining highway was shut as first responders worked desperately to free a trapped driver who is now fighting for her life.

The South Walker Creek Mine is operated by Stanmore Resources.

A woman has been critically injured after four vehicles collided outside a mine on the Peak Downs Highway at Strathfield southwest of Mackay.

The accident happened at the South Walker Creek Mine turn-off on Fitzroy Development Rd just after 5pm.

According to the Queensland Fire Department, one person was entrapped in a vehicle.

“One person was encapsulated,” the spokesman said.

“They’ve been extricated from the vehicle and are in the hands of QAS.”

Aftermath of Peak Downs Highway crash outside the South Walker Creek mine which injured four people, including a woman who suffered potentially life threatening injuries on December 12, 2024. Picture: Supplied

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said four people were assessed at the scene, three men and a woman.

The woman suffered significant abdominal and leg injuries and was transported to Mackay Base Hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.

As of midday on Friday, she is in a stable condition at the hospital.

Two men with minor injuries were transported stable to the hospital, and a fourth person was uninjured.
Stanmore purchased the mine from BHP in 2022.