Man arrested after allegedly stealing and crashing truck at Gundiah
A man has been arrested after he allegedly stole and crashed a small truck near Maryborough.
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One man has been arrested after a crash involving a stolen truck in Gundiah on Wednesday afternoon.
Initial investigations indicate about 3pm, a man allegedly drove a car through several properties on Tram Road, damaging gates and fences, before allegedly stealing a small truck and subsequently being involved in a single vehicle crash into a tree on Gundiah School Road.
One man is in custody.
A spokeswoman from the Queensland Ambulance Service said a man in his 40s had initially been trapped in the vehicle and was being transported to Gympie Hospital with an ankle injury.
Investigations are ongoing.
It comes after a serious truck crash in which a council worker was critically injured on Wednesday.
The crash happened in Takura on Hornes Rd.
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