Two dead as truck hits ambulance in Qld

Two people have died in central Queensland after a truck struck a stationary ambulance.

Police said the ambulance – which was at a road-work temporary traffic light on the Capricornia Highway at Stanwell about midday on Monday – was hit in the rear by a truck, pushed off the road and then rolled.

Two passengers in the back of the ambulance died at the scene while the vehicle’s driver and two additional passengers were hospitalised in a stable condition.

The driver of the truck was also taken to hospital in a serious condition.

Two dead as truck hits ambulance in Qld
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