Truck jackknife shuts down access to indigenous community

UPDATE: A tip-truck that jackknifed this morning is expected to delay all traffic accessing a Far North indigenous community as a child was taken to hospital following a four car crash in Cairns.

UPDATE: A tip-truck with dog trailer that jackknifed on the Yarrabah range this morning is expected to delay all traffic for the next two hours.

At 8am the truck has encountered difficulties coming down the range.

The truck speared off the roadway and the dog has completely blocked both lanes of Range Rd.

All traffic is stopped in both directions until further notice, according to Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council.

At 9:30am advice was given to officers at council to expect delays of between 2-3 hours.

EARLIER: A child and at least one adult with neck injuries have reportedly been transported to hospital following a four-car crash shortly before 9am Wednesday.

According to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, firefighters and paramedics are at the scene of the four-car pileup at the corner of Whitfield St and Aeroglen Drive.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services representative confirmed they had two fire crews attend the crash.

“We were called to the incident which has four vehicles involved shortly before 9am,” she said.

“We understand Queensland Ambulance Service treated a patient in a car.”

A Queensland Ambulance Service representative confirmed that paramedics with two road ambulances were at the crash.

“Paramedics are treating a person at the moment,” he said.

“It appears the other people are out of the vehicles.”

A track crash on the Yarrabah Range is causing traffic delays as both sides of the road are blocked on Wednesday March 2, 2022. Picture: Gurriny Yealamucka

Meanwhile, a regional health service has warned its clients there could be delays to its services this morning after a truck crash blocked access to work.

Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service at Yarrabah south of Cairns has reported that a truck which jackknifed on the Yarrabah Range earlier today is blocking traffic in both directions and causing delays.

A track crash on the Yarrabah Range is causing traffic delays as both sides of the road are blocked on Wednesday March 2, 2022. Picture: Gurriny Yealamucka

Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service spokesman Peter McCullagh said the crash was impacting staff.

He said police were at the scene and asked the community to be patient as the crash was preventing staff from arriving at their workplace on time.

“Staff cannot attend work at the moment and there may be some impact upon services today,” he said.

“We apologise for the inconvenience.”

Originally published as Truck jackknife shuts down access to indigenous community