Woman in critical condition after car flips on range road

The Kuranda Range Road has reopened after a dramatic single vehicle crash left a blue sedan upside down on the roadway.

The Kuranda Range Rd was closed in both directions after a blue sedan has flipped onto its roof. Picture: Andrew Moss / Facebook

The Kuranda Range Road has reopened after a dramatic single vehicle crash that left a blue sedan upside down on the roadway.

At 2.21pm Queensland Traffic and Main Main Roads sent an alert staing the road had fully reopened.

Earlier traffic on the major mountain road linking Cairns to the Tablelands was brought to a standstill after the Holden flipped onto its roof.

At 12.38pm emergency services were called to a section of the Kuranda Range Rd near Avondale Creek about 2km from the bottom of the range.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics arrived at the scene and were treated two patients.

#Kuranda - Multiple paramedic resources are on scene at a single-vehicle rollover on the Kennedy Highway at 12.21pm. pic.twitter.com/uv9quIJBn3

— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) October 2, 2024

The driver and passenger, a man and a woman are both aged in their 20s.

“We have one stable male patient, we are also assessing a female patient with possible potentially life-threatening injuries,” the spokeswoman said at the time.

Multiple paramedic resources have attended the single-vehicle rollover.

Police were also at the scene taking statements from those who witnessed the blue Holden ute crash.

An ambulance heads up the Kuranda Range Road to treat two patient involved in a single vehicle rollover. . Picture: Susan Miano

At 12.57pm Queensland Traffic and Main Main Roads sent a second alert stating the range road was still closed.

Queensland Traffic at the time advised the crash has shut down both lanes and long delays were expected.

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Originally published as Woman in critical condition after car flips on range road