Car rollover on Hervey Bay Esplanade, Pialba

More details have emerged after a crash in Hervey Bay where a car flipped outside an Esplanade caravan park. UPDATES.

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after his car flipped on its side and flattened a garden bed along the Hervey Bay Esplanade.

Emergency services were called to the crash outside the Pialba Beachfront Caravan Park about 11.55am on Wednesday.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the man was the only person in the car at the time, and the impact of the crash had knocked down a pole on the road.

Paramedics and firefighters helping a male patient after a serious crash on the Esplanade at Hervey Bay.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokeswoman said the man was able to escape the crushed vehicle himself, without help from firefighters.

The man was taken to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition with a leg injury, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.

Police were directing traffic along the busy tourist strip near the Main Street roundabout and WetSide Water Park.

Police are directing traffic on the Esplanade at Hervey Bay after a crash.

Originally published as Car rollover on Hervey Bay Esplanade, Pialba