Westbound lanes now open on the Warrego Highway
LATEST: The westbound lanes of the Warrego Highway are now open following an earlier truck rollover.
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LATEST: The westbound lanes of the Warrego Highway are now open following an earlier truck rollover.
1PM: Police wish to advise that one westbound lane of the Warrego Highway has been opened.
Delays are still expected.
8AM: Police wish to advise that the westbound lanes of the Warrego Highway will be completely closed for an indefinite period of time.
Earlier this morning a truck carrying oxygen left the road and rolled down an embankment.
The driver has been freed from the truck and is uninjured.
There are diversions in place at the entrance to the Warrego Highway between the Ipswich Motorway entrance and the Mount Crosby Road exit.
Police are asking motorists to seek alternate routes.
Eastbound lanes remain open.
Originally published as Westbound lanes now open on the Warrego Highway
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