The aftermath of a cattle truck rollover north of Goomeri today. Picture: Holly Cormack A Queensland Police Service (QPS) officer on scene told the
South Burnett Times the B-double truck had been heading to Gympie, from Goomeri, when it rolled off the side of the Burnett Highway just before 10am. The B-double lies on its side. Picture: Dominic Elsome It was coming around the corner and the load shifted, which has then caused it to tip over, he said. Of the 70 cattle loaded into the truck, 23 injured animals had to be put down. More than 20 cows died following the truck crash. Picture: Dominic Elsome
Freight train driver in critical condition after crash with road train in Kalgoorlie
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The freight train collided with a multi-trailer truck in the Kalgoorlie suburb of Parkeston.
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Two freight train drivers aged in their 70s have been airlifted to Perth after a collision with a road train in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Emergency services were called to the Yarri Road crossing, a few kilometres east of the CBD, at about 5:00pm yesterday.
The drivers, both aged 70, were flown to Perth this morning, with one listed as being in a critical condition and the other stable.
Naomi Kokkinos, 44, died in a car crash near Cloncurry on December 28.
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Subscriber only NORTH Queensland is mourning the loss of a mother who was killed in a tragic road train crash on a rural road just days after Christmas. Naomi Kokkinos, known as Nae to her friends and family, was travelling in a ute along the Barkly Highway, 26 kilometres west of Cloncurry in northwest Queensland, when the vehicle struck a road train on December 28. Ms Kokkinos, aged 44, and a 17-year-old girl who was travelling with her died in the crash. The road train driver was flown to Mt Isa Hospital for treatment.