Bruce Highway blocked for several hours after truck rollover at Bajool

A driver has been taken to hospital after his truck rolled on a Queensland highway, blocking the roadway for several hours.

Queensland Ambulance Service were on scene at a truck rollover on the Bruce Highway on July 12, 2023.

A driver has been taken to hospital after his truck rolled on a Central Queensland highway, blocking the roadway for several hours.

Emergency services were called to the crash on the Bruce Highway at Bajool on Wednesday at 1.39am.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said a prime mover and trailer was on its side blocking the southbound lane of the highway.

The spokeswoman said the scene was cleared about 7am.

According to Queensland Ambulance Service, the driver, a man in his 20s, was transported to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition.

This crash follows a series of serious crashes north of Rockhampton on Tuesday.

Gavin Hussey, 47, died when the Mitsubishi Lancer he was driving collided with a cement truck in the Whitsunday region at 7.15am on Tuesday.

A 67-year-old South Mackay woman was transported to Mackay Base Hospital in a critical condition and further flown to Townsville following a three-vehicle crash on the Peak Downs Highway, south of Walkerston, just after 8am on Tuesday.

A 50-year-old man has died and another is in critical condition after a coal train pierced the ute they were travelling in west of Bowen about 9pm on Tuesday.