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.
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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
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