Two patients injured after crash at Wellesley on Carnarvon Highway
A man and a woman sustained injuries after their car rolled on a rural highway on Tuesday afternoon. Find out why.
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A single vehicle rollover on the Carnarvon Highway at Wellesley on Tuesday afternoon left a woman in her 60s and her husband injured.
Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.21pm after the couple’s vehicle that was towing a caravan rolled.
“It is believed the woman was in the ute with her husband when the caravan the ute was towing fishtailed, the ute and caravan rolled over and the caravan then disconnected,” a LifeFlight spokesperson said.
The woman was flown to Roma Hospital with a minor head injury, while her husband was taken to Roma Hospital in an ambulance.
A Queensland police spokesman said the highway was reopened by 4.18pm.
The incident comes amid increasing support for training drivers towing caravans.
Original Story
Two people are being rushed to hospital after a single-vehicle rollover on a rural highway.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said no entrapments were reported after the crash.
The QFES spokesman said the incident was blocking the highway, and the LifeFlight helicopter also landed on the roadway about 3.30pm.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said one male was being taken to Roma Hospital in an ambulance, and the female was flown to Roma Hospital. Both were in a stable condition.
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