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Car collides with tractor on farm road, two in hospital

Two people have been taken to Ingham hospital after their car collided with a tractor near Helens Hill, the same road a haul-out tractor driver died on three months ago.

Two people have been taken to Ingham hospital after the car they were in collided with a tractor near Helens Hill.
Two people have been taken to Ingham hospital after the car they were in collided with a tractor near Helens Hill.

Two people have been taken to Ingham hospital after the car they were in collided with a tractor near Helens Hill.

Fire, ambulance and the police were all called to the crash which occurred on Larkins Rd, rural farm beside the Bruce Hwy, about 11.40am.

According to emergency services a car had run into the back of a tractor.

The southern entrance to Larkins Rd, off Yuruga Rd
The southern entrance to Larkins Rd, off Yuruga Rd

The ambulance service said their paramedics transported a man in his 60s to Ingham with a leg injury, and also transported a female with minor arm and abdominal injuries.

It is understood the tractor driver is unharmed.

The news comes as a sad reminder of the fatal crash of a haul-out vehicle on the same road in October.

In that incident, a tractor was travelling on Larkins Rd around 7am when it rolled, entrapping the 61-year-old driver who later died.

Originally published as Car collides with tractor on farm road, two in hospital

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