Semi-trailer rolls at construction site for the Townsville Ring Road

A semi-trailer has toppled off an embankment in a shocking worksite accident on Monday afternoon.

A TRUCK driver is lucky to be alive after his semi-trailer toppled over the side of an embankment at a Condon work site on Monday afternoon.

A Queensland Police spokesman said the crash took place at the Townsville Ring Road construction site, near Beck Dr, just after 3pm.

The 64-year-old male driver managed to free himself from the truck.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said he was treated by paramedics for shock and a cut to the back of the head.

He was taken to Townsville University Hospital in a stable condition.

Originally published as Semi-trailer rolls at construction site for the Townsville Ring Road