Qld: Bruce Highway closed after semi-trailers collide

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2008
Qld: Bruce Highway closed after semi-trailers collide

BRISBANE, Aug 20 AAP - Two semi-trailers have collided in central Queensland, closing
the Bruce Highway near Bundaberg.

The semi-trailers appear to have side-swiped each other, causing one truck to roll
and catch fire, about eight kilometres south of Gin Gin just after 3.30am (AEST) today,
police said.

The highway will remain closed for some hours while heavy equipment is bought in to
move the wreckage with traffic between Childers and Gin Gin diverted through Bundaberg.

One driver has been taken to Bundaberg Hospital with leg injuries and the other escaped unharmed.

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