Cairns crash: Woman, 55, veers off road, hits pole at Caravonica
A woman, 55, has been hospitalised after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Monday morning.
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A woman was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning after her car crashed into a pole at Caravonica.
The woman, 55, was travelling at the intersection of Kamerunga Rd and Fig Tree Dr at 1.30am when the car she was driving veered off the road, a police spokeswoman said.
“For reasons unknown the vehicle has veered right, come off the road and hit a pole,” the spokeswoman said.
“A single female was injured.”
Paramedics transported the woman to hospital in a stable condition. A QAS spokeswoman said the woman reportedly had an arm injury.
She remained in a stable condition at Cairns Hospital as of 9am.
The crash at Kamerunga follows a two-vehicle crash on the Redlynch Bypass Road on Thursday night, in which three people were injured.
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Originally published as Cairns crash: Woman, 55, veers off road, hits pole at Caravonica
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