Wind gusts from a passing truck are believed to have potentially played a big part in a terrifying caravan rollover in Queensland.
The Cairns Post reports that a heavy vehicle heading towards the caravan may have caused it to shake uncontrollably before swerving off the road in the state’s far north.
The caravan and the bronze Isuzu towing it were left upside down and badly damaged following the incident last Thursday on the Mulligan Highway.
Inside the Isuzu when it went over about six kilometres north of Lakeland were two grandparents and a four-year-old child.
The three were examined at the Cooktown Hospital and, miraculously, none of them were injured.
Emergency services attended the scene of the accident. PIC: Queensland Police
The child’s parents had been travelling in a separate vehicle, and had watched in horror as the van went over.
Mum, Caitlin Green, told the Cairns Post of the awful moment when she thought she may have lost her family.
“I jumped out of the car before hubby had stopped it and fully ran to the car yelling for my daughter,” she said. “Once I knew she was okay, I turned my attention to my parents.”
The family was reportedly on a three-week holiday to Cooktown and had just stopped at the Lakeland Roadhouse for lunch before the incident.
Ms Green tod the Cairns Post that she owed a debt of gratitude to the many people who stopped to assist.
“We wanted to thank people involved and anyone who helped out and stopped to check everyone was okay,” she said.
Glad everyone is OK