B-double left the highway and rolled in the early hours
A truck driver was injured when his B-double left the Bruce Highway, rolled and crashed south of Gladstone early Thursday morning.
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A driver was injured when his B-double truck left the Bruce Highway, rolled and crashed south of Gladstone early Thursday morning.
A Queensland Fire Department crew attended the scene at Colloseum near Bariveloe Road at 1.51am and a spokesperson advised the driver, aged 59, was not trapped in the wreckage.
Queensland Ambulance paramedics treated the patient for leg and arm injuries and he was transported to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition.
The Morning Bulletin understands one lane was closed for a period of time and the road is now fully open.
No details were provided about the weather conditions at the time or what the truck was carrying and where it was going to.
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