40-year-old Berserker man identified as Parkhurst crash victim

The Queensland Police Service has confirmed the death of a 40-year-old Central Queensland man after a single-vehicle crash in the Rockhampton area on Saturday afternoon. Read more here:

The Queensland Police Service has confirmed the death of a 40-year-old man following a crash in Central Queensland on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to the corner of Rachel Drive and Yaamba Road in Parkhurst on the outskirts of Rockhampton, near the Parkhurst shopping centre, around 2.40pm.

Just after 2.30pm, the station wagon the Berserker man was driving left the roadway on Yaamba Road near Rachel Drive and struck a power pole.

First aid was rendered to the 40-year-old man, however he sadly died at the scene.

Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit are investigating.

The latest crash is another bleak reminder of Central Queensland’s shocking road toll, with six people killed in crashes across the region in the past week.

Two trucks collided on the Leichhardt Highway near Wowan on Tuesday morning, just after 8am.

Sadly, Steve Latimer, aged 52, a well known CQ tow truck driver, and Brian Shaw, aged 64, a Mount Morgan delivery driver, both died at the scene.

A serious crash was reported on Landsborough Highway near Longreach just after 9am on Wednesday morning.

A mother and son from Winton were tragically killed in the crash

On Wednesday afternoon, Rockhampton man Duane ‘Deej’ Warcon, aged 30, died in a motorbike and car crash at the intersection of Denison and Derby street in Rockhampton’s CBD.

His pillion rider, a Rockhampton woman in her 20s, remains in hospital in a serious condition.

The driver of a BMW involved in the crash, a 43-year-old woman, and her passenger, a 15-year-old boy, were also transported to Rockhampton Hospital with minor injuries. Both were in a stable condition.

Originally published as 40-year-old Berserker man identified as Parkhurst crash victim