Serious crash, Emerald
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a two vehicle crash near Emerald early this morning.
Initial inquires indicate shortly before 4.30am a utility was headed west on the Capricorn Highway approximately ten kilometres east of Emerald.
The utility has crossed to the wrong side of the road and collided with another utility headed in the opposite direction.
A local man in his twenties, the driver of the utility headed west, was transported to the Rockhampton Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
The driver of the other utility, a local man in his thirties, was transported to the Emerald Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A male passenger was not physically injured in the crash.
Investigations are continuing.
