Councillor Ellen Smith said she had complete faith in Rockhampton s civil operations team when it came to ensuring the quality of local road works. Speaking during the Fatality Free Friday launch on Gladstone Road, Ms Smith said it was up to drivers to drive to the road conditions. A lot of young people get their licences in town then they go driving on unsealed rural roads, she said. They don t know how to handle the gravel and they re driving too fast. Cr Smith said the council spent about $4 million each year upgrading local roads, and she was grateful for the duplication works between Gracemere and Yeppen.
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A MAN has been taken to hospital with leg and face injuries after being viciously assaulted with a wrench. Emergency services attended an incident on Gladstone Street in Halliwell shortly after 3pm on Wednesday afternoon, where a 42-year-old man had been seriously injured during an altercation. A nearby resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said: There was a man who had been brutally attacked by a wrench and he appeared to have two broken legs. A police cordon was in place and he was lying face down on the floor - unable to move. Police were knocking on our doors asking if we had seen anything. They said it was serious.