Emergency services respond to Bruce Hwy ‘explosion’

Emergency services have been called to what was reported to be an explosion on the Bruce Highway after a vehicle rolled.

Emergency services have responded to what was reported to be an explosion on the Bruce Highway after a vehicle rolled at Nome, nearby the Bush Oasis Caravan Park. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Emergency services have been called to what was reported to be an explosion on the Bruce Highway after a vehicle rolled.

Police and firefighters have arrived at the rollover at Nome, nearby the Bush Oasis Caravan Park.

Emergency services have responded to what was reported to be an explosion on the Bruce Highway after a vehicle rolled at Nome, nearby the Bush Oasis Caravan Park. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

#Nome - Paramedics are on scene at a single-vehicle rollover on the @Bruce_Hwy that occurred at 5.25pm.

— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) May 22, 2020

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said crash occurred near the intersection of Muntalunga Dr and the Bruce Hwy.

A ute rolled on the Bruce Highway at Nome. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Park manager Fiona Lidgett said emergency services had arrived on scene and were directing traffic.

“It was just a loud bang, a massive bang,” she said. “It looks like a truck.”

Police at the scene of a ute rollover at Nome, nearby the Bush Oasis Caravan Park. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

The crash occurred on a 80km/h section of the Bruce Hwy.

The QFES confirmed there was no fire or explosion and the driver was free of the wreckage.

A ute rolled on the Bruce Highway. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Originally published as Emergency services respond to Bruce Hwy ‘explosion’