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Two men in hospital after a truck rolled north of Toowoomba

Paramedics rushed to truck rollover north of Toowoomba

Paramedics attend a crash north of Crows Nest.
Paramedics attend a crash north of Crows Nest.

2.30PM: A man in his 80s was transported to the Toowoomba Hospital by road, with lacerations, after he was involved in truck rollover at Pinelands earlier. 

A 20-year-old man was also transported with a chest injury. 

This 20-year-old man was initial reported as a 70-year-old. 

A critical care doctor and paramedic were choppered in to help the injured men. 

1PM: The LifeFlight rescue chopper is tasked to pick up two elderly farmers injured in a truck rollover at Pinelands, north of Toowoomba. 

A man in his 80s suffered lacerations and a man in his 70s suffered a chest injury.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said both men are stable. 

Initial reports state the truck rolled on private property while the men were loading cattle.

12.30PM: Emergency services are en route to truck rollover on a private property on the New England Highway. 

Initial reports suggest the driver is trapped in the wreck and cattle are blocking traffic. 

The crash occurred at about 12.20pm.

Originally published as Two men in hospital after a truck rolled north of Toowoomba

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