Car flips onto roof impacting traffic on Peak Downs Highway

A teen girl was taken to hospital and a major mining corridor was blocked after a vehicle ended up on its roof in the middle of a busy highway west of Mackay.

Fireys were called to the Peak Downs Highway at Strathfield where a vehicle is on its roof after a single vehicle rollover. Picture: Kevin Farmer

A teen girl was taken to hospital and a major mining corridor was blocked in both directions for about 90 minutes after a vehicle ended up on its roof in the middle of a busy highway west of Mackay.
The single vehicle crash occurred about 10.30am on the Peak Downs Highway, with multiple emergency crews including fire and police called to the Strathfield site.

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said it was reported as a single vehicle rollover and the vehicle was on its roof in the middle of the roadway.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said initial information incidented there were no entrapments and an occupant of the vehicle suffered some minor injuries and shock.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the incident was reported as a truck and car collision with the small vehicle rolling.

The QAS spokeswoman said a teen girl was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition with lower back pain.

The rolled vehicle had to be towed from the scene and the highway was reopened about 12pm.

Originally published as Car flips onto roof impacting traffic on Peak Downs Highway