Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit investigating a crash at Kokotungo yesterday which left two people hospitalised with serious injuries are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision.
At around 3.40pm on Wednesday, January 6 a white 2019 Hyundai Kona stationwagon was travelling east on Baralaba Rannes Road at Kokotungo when it left the roadway at the intersection with Baileys Road.
The vehicle then travelled through long grass, hitting a drainage culvert and becoming airborne before nose diving and flipping onto its roof.
The incident location is approximately 25 minutes west of the township of Baralaba and approximately 10 minutes east of the Leichardt Highway.
The occupants, the 75-year-old male driver and his 77-year-old wife, were trapped inside the vehicle.
Once extricated, the woman was flown to Rockhampton Hospital in a serious condition and the man transported to the local hospital before being also being flown to Rockhampton Hospital in a serious condition.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash or any drivers who were travelling along Baralaba Rannes Road between 3 and 4pm yesterday, and who have dashcam vision, to contact police (details below).
If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day or call 1800 333 000.
