Janessa Ekert Journalist I didn’t always want to be a journalist. In fact, when I was younger my dream was to be an archaeologist – who wouldn’t want to be like Indiana Jones? However, now that I am a journalist, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life.
I love listening to people’s stories and sharing them with others.
I’m a Queenslander through and though. Mackay is the furthest south I have ever lived. I’m an only child and I was raised in Airlie Beach.
My parents are former boaties; we lived on a 42 foot.
Major crashes: A woman was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition for observation following a single-vehicle rollover on the Bruce Highway at Pindi Pindi about 10.42pm Saturday. In a separate incident, two people were taken to Mackay Base Hospital in stable conditions following a crash in West Mackay about 5.45pm Saturday. Witnesses reported the crash involving two cars occurred at the intersection of Donaldson and MacKenzie Streets. A first responder received minor injuries. Four people from the first incident involving a white hatch back also received only minor injuries and were taken by road to Mackay Base Hospital.
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UPDATE 6.10PM: A woman thrown from her car has been taken to Mackay Base Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said she was being treated for abdomen, leg and arm pain.
The spokeswoman said the second woman was being taken to Proserpine Hospital and being treated for minor head injuries and chest pain.
Both women are reported to be in a stable condition.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 4.08pm.
INITIAL 4.08PM: A woman in her 20s was reportedly thrown from her car after a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.