Two people are lucky to be alive following a horror rollover on a remote north Queensland road.
The Townsville Bulletin reports that a blue ute towing a caravan rolled on the Gregory Developmental Road, five kilometres north of Belyando Crossing on Saturday afternoon.
Two people were initially trapped in the wreckage but were later freed.
Townsville’s Rescue 521 helicopter flew the two patients, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, to Townsville University Hospital.
They were reported to be in a stable condition.
The caravan was completely destroyed in the rollover and the ute was heavily damaged.
you gotta wonder how this keeps happening, good ute, good road appears to be good van ??? so what goes wrong ???
Speed??
Much less chance of a problem at 90kph compared to 110kph.
Especially towing a ‘van HEAVIER than the tow vehicle!
Dosnt matter how good your setup is…accidents will happen..for a multitude of other reasons..!
There are parts of that road that are as rough as and not that wide, have to be very careful. Hope they were ok
Not the best road
Speed was probably a major factor. We are currently in the NT and we travel between 80 and 90 km per hour ,the speed limit is 130kmh on the open and I have had vans pass me doing close to the 130 kms limit as we say in Tasmania its a speed limit no a challenge.
Must always drive to the conditions of the road.
I broke a spring on that road 4weeks ago.
we saw the van in the ditch they could only salvage the chassie
WE did not see the accident happen
I read an article recently where a new caravan buyer had his money refunded after it was proven that the van would sway before 90 klm…