Qld ambulance, police, fire attend crashes Mt Morgan, Rockhampton
Emergency services were busy overnight responding to multiple incidents across Central Queensland with two crashes in the Rockhampton region.
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Emergency services responded to multiple incidents overnight including a grader which caught on fire in the middle of the night.
Queensland Ambulance Service took a school-aged female to Rockhampton Hospital following a fall from a bicycle on Hollingsworth Street, Kawana, at 6.05pm.
They also attended a motorcycle crash near Mount Morgan about the same time.
QAS took a man in his 20s with a leg injury from Hamilton Creek on Burnett Highway to Mt Morgan Hospital at 6.22pm.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said no crews attended the Hamilton Creek crash but one crew did attend the two vehicle crash at Norman Garden just after 10pm.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said a police were called to the crash between a Proton Persona sedan and a Mitsubishi Pajero SUV on the corner of Farm Street and Norman Road at 10.10pm.
A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said the crash damaged a power pole and the fire crew made the scene safe before leaving.
QAS took one man in his 30s with hip and chest injuries in a stable condition to Rockhampton Hospital.
QAS was the only emergency service to respond to the grater fire incident at Mackenzie River.
Two stable patients were taken to Dysart Hospital with smoke inhalation following the fire on Barwon Park Middlemount Road at 12.07am.
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