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Quarry truck rollover

A Kin Kin Quarry truck rolled on Pomona-Kin Kin Road about 2pm on Monday, blocking the road and spreading gravel across the road and shoulder.

Residents reported the trucks dog trailer came off the road on a corner and rolled, emptying its load.

Quarry owner Martin Cordwell and a team of about 10 workers were seen arriving soon after the rollover to clear the spilt gravel from the area.

Pinbarren resident Sarah Keating said it was the third accident involving a quarry haulage truck in recent weeks.

She said there had been an accident between a truck and car at the corner Louie Bazzo Drive and another accident on Pomona-Kin Kin Road involving a truck and motor bike.

The drivers of the car and motorbike had been taken to hospital in both incidents, she said.

Residents have been waiting for three months on a decision from the Planning and Environment Court on the quarries safe use of the road for haulage in a case initiated by Noosa Council against owners of the quarry, Cordwell Resources, in relation to the number of trucks daily using the road, truck use during school bus travel times, covering of loads and truck convoying.

Residents say the number of trucks using the road had increased significantly since the court case final summing up in July.

“It’s not safe. They’re doing as much as they can. The quarry is blasting every two weeks. It used to be once a month,” Ms Keating said.

“We’ve had so many accidents recently. They can’t let that go on. Someone’s going to die soon.”

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