Three hospitalised following car, train crash in Mooroobool

Three people have been taken to hospital following a car and train crash in Mooroobool on Thursday morning.

Three people have been taken to hospital following a car and train crash in Mooroobool on Thursday mornings. Picture: Brendan Radke

Three people have been taken to hospital following a car and train crash in Mooroobool on Thursday morning.

Emergency services responded to reports of a car into a cane train on Beatrice Street around 10.30am.

Queensland Police Service Senior Constable Stewart Allen confirmed a car collided with a cane train, injuring three people.

“There were three people in the car, all with minor injuries,” Constable Allen said.

“They’re probably all going to go to hospital with neck pain, just as a precaution.”

Constable Allen confirmed the train driver did not sustain injuries.

“Obviously, we’ve got to wait for dashcam footage to find out what’s gone one, but we’re going to say the car went through a red light,” he said.

Mooroobool resident Kathee Bass and her son Corey said they heard a big bang from their house and went down to investigate.

“It sounded like someone kicked a very hard box,” Mr Bass said.
Ms Bass said it was the first time she had seen an accident between a car and cane train since moving to the area 10 years ago.

“We’ve had a few misses but we’ve been here for 10 years and this is the first actual hit we’ve seen,” Ms Bass said.
“I’ve seen lots of close calls – I suppose they’ll end up putting barriers in now.”

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed all three patients had been taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition including a woman in her 60s with neck and chest pain and abrasions, a man in his 70s with back and chest pain and a man in his 40s with minor injuries.

Originally published as Three hospitalised following car, train crash in Mooroobool